
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.

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."