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  • **FILE** Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher smiles with satisfaction as President Ronald Reagan makes a farewell speech June 9, 1982, outside her Downing Street office in London prior to his departure for Bonn. (Associated Press)

    Margaret Thatcher a ‘fiercely loyal’ and tough ally of the U.S.

    Margaret Thatcher captured Americans’ hearts and minds in a way few other foreign leaders have done, and much of that was because of the symbiotic relationship she had with President Reagan — a relationship that in many ways mirrored the storied “special” friendship between the two countries.


  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Reagan and Thatcher'

    This is a well-researched, highly readable book that effectively analyzes the relationship of the two leaders. But its subtitle, "The Difficult Relationship," is off the mark. A more accurate one would have been "A Warm Relationship in Difficult Times."


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