Thatcher's Secret War: Subversion, Coercion, Secrecy and Government, 1974-90

Clive Bloom

ISBN 10: 0750997885 / ISBN 13: 9780750997881

Published by The History Press 2021-10-08, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thatcher's Secret War: Subversion, Coercion, Secrecy and Government, 1974-90
• Publisher: The History Press 2021-10-08
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750997885
• ISBN 13: 9780750997881
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

‘Scary but enlightening’ - Christopher Stone

Margaret Thatcher remains one of the United Kingdom’s most polarising prime ministers. This provocative investigation sheds light on the secret, internal ‘cold war’ that she waged against ‘the enemy within’; everyone she could not see eye to eye with. It was a campaign fuelled by paranoia on both the left and right of the political spectrum and fought with corruption, black propaganda, dirty tricks and even murder.

Expertly juxtaposing notable events with today’s political arena, this new and updated edition of Thatcher’s Secret War surmises that although Thatcher’s ideals seem to have vanished, one remains: the power and importance of the extra parliamentary state and its surveillance methods and hidden powers in a new age of terrorism.

About the Author

CLIVE BLOOM is Professor in Residence at the Larkin Centre for Poetry and Creative Writing at Hull University and also holds a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Western Timisoara, Romania. He was the historical consultant to the BBC and a number of national and international newspapers on the G20 disturbances and the 2011 riots in Britain. He is an occasional feature writer for The Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Times and the London Evening Standard, as well as being quoted in The Washington Post. He regularly appears on television and radio and he is quoted in The Columbia Book of World Quotations. He has also advised the British Cabinet Office on public disorder issues.