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Thumb through the index of almost any study of the Thatcher years biographical, scholarly or journalistic and you will come across the name of Sir Alfred Sherman. In her memoirs Lady Thatcher herself pays tribute to Sherman''s ''brilliance', the force and clarity of his mind', his breadth of reading and his skills as a ruthless polemicist'. She credits him with a central role in her achievements, especially as Leader of the Opposition but also after she became Prime Minister. Born in 1919 in London's East End, until 1948 Sherman was a Communist and fought in the Spanish Civil War. But he ended up an indefatigable free-market crusader. The book describes his early relationship with Sir Keith Joseph and his own role in the formation of the Centre for Policy Studies in 1974. Sherman examines the origins and development of Thatcherism', but concludes that the Conservative administrations of the 1980s were, for the most part, an interlude' and that the post-war consensus remains largely unscathed we are back to where we started'.

Paradoxes of Power: Reflections on the Thatcher

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      Publisher Imprint Academic
      Published 6 March 2007
      ISBN-13 9781845400927
      978-1845400927
      ISBN-10 1845400925
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      Book Synopsis

      Thumb through the index of almost any study of the Thatcher years biographical, scholarly or journalistic and you will come across the name of Sir Alfred Sherman. In her memoirs Lady Thatcher herself pays tribute to Sherman''s ''brilliance', the force and clarity of his mind', his breadth of reading and his skills as a ruthless polemicist'. She credits him with a central role in her achievements, especially as Leader of the Opposition but also after she became Prime Minister. Born in 1919 in London's East End, until 1948 Sherman was a Communist and fought in the Spanish Civil War. But he ended up an indefatigable free-market crusader. The book describes his early relationship with Sir Keith Joseph and his own role in the formation of the Centre for Policy Studies in 1974. Sherman examines the origins and development of Thatcherism', but concludes that the Conservative administrations of the 1980s were, for the most part, an interlude' and that the post-war consensus remains largely unscathed we are back to where we started'.

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