Robert Philpot

Margaret Thatcher the Honorary Jew

How Britain's Jews Helped Shape the Iron Lady and Her Beliefs

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Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of Margaret Thatcher's relationship with Britain's Jewish community during her time as Prime Minister in the 1980s. Based on archives, memoirs and interviews with everyone from former Cabinet ministers and advisors to constituency workers and political opponents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 158mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781785901317
• ISBN-10: 1785901311
• Artikelnr.: 47723114

Autorenporträt

Robert Philpot is a freelance journalist and writer. His articles have appeared in The Jewish Chronicle, The Spectator, The New Statesman, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Standpoint, The Tablet and History Today. He is the former editor of w magazine and is now a contributing editor to it. He also previously served as a special adviser in the Northern Ireland Office and Cabinet Office.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue 1 Chapter 1 In the Beginning 15 Chapter 2 Finchley and Beyond 29
Chapter 3 The Junior Partner 67 Chapter 4 The Senior Partner 107 Chapter 5
Changing the Equation: The 'Jewish Vote' and the Shift to the Right 135
Chapter 6 David Becomes Goliath: How the Left Turned on Israel 155 Chapter
7 Comrades in Arms: Jews and the Thatcher Revolution 177 Chapter 8 Holy
Wars: Margaret Thatcher, the Bishops and the Chief Rabbi 229 Chapter 9
Israel's Friend in Downing Street: Mrs Thatcher and the Jewish State 259
Epilogue Last Days: Soviet Jewry and Nazi War Crimes 291 Notes 295
Bibliography 339 Acknowledgements 349 Index 353