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It is popular that Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were close allies and kindred political spirits. Throughout their eight overlapping years in office, the U.S. president and the U.K. prime minister worked together to promote lower taxes, deregulation, free trade, and an aggressive stance resistant to the Soviet Union. But according to Nicholas Wapshott, the Reagan/Thatcher relationship was much deeper than an alliance of mutual interests. Drawing on interviews with those closest to them, as well as on hundreds of recently declassified private letters and calls, Wapshott depicts a far more complex, personal, and sometimes argumentative relationship than has previously been revealed. On the surface they had little in keeping, in either background or personality. Reagan, the son of the city drunk, used his genial charm to win over his enemies and always focused on the picture as a whole rather than details. Thatcher, the daughter of any strict, middle-class shopkeeper, was a difficult worker and master of details who rather be respected than liked. Yet of their initial meeting in 1975, they recognized the other person as political soulmates, committed not just to conservative principles but to getting things done. Over time, they discussed and debated strategies, took strength from one another, celebrated each other's triumphs, and commiserated with each other's failures. Wapshott shines new light on this unique friendship and exactly how it changed the planet.
