Robert Philpot

Margaret Thatcher (eBook, ePUB)

The Honorary Jew - How Britain's Jews Helped Shape the Iron Lady and Her Beliefs

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Margaret Thatcher's premiership changed the face of modern Britain. Yet few people know of the critical role played by Jews in sparking and sustaining her revolution. Was this chance, choice, or simply a reflection of the fact that, as the Iron Lady herself said: 'I just wanted a Cabinet of clever, energetic people and frequently that turned out to be the same thing'?

In this book, the first to explore Mrs Thatcher's relationship with Britain's Jewish community, Robert Philpot shows that her regard did not come simply from representing a constituency with more Jewish voters than any other, but stretched back to her childhood. She saw her own philosophical beliefs expressed in the values of Judaism - and in it, too, she saw elements of her beloved father's Methodist teachings.

Margaret Thatcher: The Honorary Jew explores Mrs Thatcher's complex and fascinating relationship with the Jewish community and draws on archives and a wide range of memoirs and exclusive interviews, ranging from former Cabinet ministers to political opponents. It reveals how Immanuel Jakobovits, the Chief Rabbi, assisted her fight with the Church of England and how her attachment to Israel led her to internal battles as a member of Edward Heath's government and as Prime Minister, as well as examining her relationships with various Israeli leaders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785903007
• Artikelnr.: 48878121

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