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

Scary but enlightening - Christopher Stone

Margaret Thatcher remains one of the United Kingdoms 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 todays political arena, this new and updated edition of Thatchers Secret War surmises that although Thatchers 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.