Strange Rebels Book @StrangeRebels

1979 and the birth of the 21st century. Book by Christian Caryl (@ccaryl). amzn.to/130tB0v Washington, DC Joined March 2013

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Strange Rebels Book @StrangeRebels

6 years ago

Thanks to @TobyMatthiesen for the kind reference to "Strange Rebels." And we highly recommend "Black Wave" from @KimGhattas

Elisabeth Kendall @Dr_E_Kendall

6 years ago

Excellent @FT review of @KimGhattas' timely new book "Black Wave" on #Iran-#Saudi rivalry by my colleague @TobyMatthiesen @UniofOxford @OxfordMEC. High praise for breadth & depth of Ghattas' research. Advises caution over tracing all regional ills to 1979 ft.com/content/0b7af1…

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6 years ago

"The party of Margaret Thatcher is seen by many in the north, the midlands and Wales as ruthlessly in love with the free market but callous about its consequences." ft.com/content/7ee8c8…

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7 years ago

"Other news outlets were even more effusive in their prose. The Newcastle Evening Chronicle said Thatcher was about to 'stride into Downing Street and stride into the history books,' and called her the 'sweetheart of suburbia.'" theweek.co.uk/101058/thatche…

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7 years ago

@nlsmodern @ccaryl @natlibscot Sure, I'd be happy to! follow me at @ccaryl so we can DM

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Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank

7 years ago

1950: 24-year-old first-time candidate Margaret Roberts - the only woman running for Parliament - studies the rules. She lost, but her party (then led by Winston Churchill) won in 1951. In 1959, after marrying Denis Thatcher, she would enter Parliament; in 1979, she'd lead it.

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7 years ago

"Lady Thatcher intended to govern for the whole country, but everybody knew where her origins and sympathies lay: with the middle and lower-middle class." capx.co/thatcher-knew-…

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7 years ago

"From gravediggers' strikes and the murder of an MP to a thriving National Front… in the 12 months before Margaret Thatcher’s first election victory, Britain appeared to be in the grip of a nervous breakdown." historyextra.com/period/20th-ce…

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7 years ago

"2019 marks several other major anniversaries whose public remembrance the Chinese Communist Party will suppress--and a milestone whose observance has been surprisingly muted." by @chinameyer7301 tinyurl.com/y6br7btm