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== '''[[Margaret Thatcher]]''' ==
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'''Margaret Thatcher''' (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] from 1975 to 1990. She made history in being the first and only woman to be prime minister. Thatcher led her party to a series of electoral landslides in 1979, 1983 and 1987 by preaching 'Thatcherism' as a tough remedy to reverse the [[United Kingdom]]'s steady decline. Thatcherism meant she weakened [[trade union|labour union]]s, [[privatisation|privatised]] some industries, rejected [[Keynesian economics|Keynesian economic]] policies for the monetarism of [[Milton Friedman]], and helped reinvigorate the British economy. In foreign policy she collaborated closely with American President [[Ronald Reagan]], especially in his efforts to end the [[Cold War]] by working deals with [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. She was the first prime minister in modern British history to win three consecutive terms, and her 'Iron Lady' image  and toughness in action and optimism for the future impressed many Britons. After proposing a [[poll tax]] that alienated voters, and continuing with a domineering style that alienated politicians, she was ousted from power in 1990 and took a peerage. Historians rank her impact alongside [[Winston Churchill]], [[David Lloyd George]] and [[Tony Blair]] - indeed, she forced Blair to abandon [[socialism]] and incorporate elements of Thatcherism into his [[Labour Party (UK)|'New' Labour]] policies.
{{Image|The Miernik Dossier Cover.jpg|left|150px|The cover of a 2007 Overlook Duckworth edition.}}


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'''The Miernik Dossier''', published by [[the Saturday Review Press]] in 1973, was the first of seven novels by the American novelist [[Charles McCarry]] featuring an American intelligence agent named [[Paul Christopher]].  Set in 1959 in Europe and Africa during the days of the [[Cold War]], it is narrated in the form of reports, overheard conversations, and various documents from a multitude of sources of different nationalities, supposedly giving the reader an authentic picture of what an actual intelligence operation might be like.  McCarry had previously been an undercover operative for the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] for nine years, and the book was hailed for its apparent authenticity and realistic depiction of [[tradecraft]].  It received excellent reviews, and instantly established McCarry's reputation as one of the foremost American novelists of espionage.
 
 
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The Miernik Dossier

The cover of a 2007 Overlook Duckworth edition.

The Miernik Dossier, published by the Saturday Review Press in 1973, was the first of seven novels by the American novelist Charles McCarry featuring an American intelligence agent named Paul Christopher. Set in 1959 in Europe and Africa during the days of the Cold War, it is narrated in the form of reports, overheard conversations, and various documents from a multitude of sources of different nationalities, supposedly giving the reader an authentic picture of what an actual intelligence operation might be like. McCarry had previously been an undercover operative for the Central Intelligence Agency for nine years, and the book was hailed for its apparent authenticity and realistic depiction of tradecraft. It received excellent reviews, and instantly established McCarry's reputation as one of the foremost American novelists of espionage.


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