false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190589054m/1937853.jpg 1937854 4 <P>John Major's autobiography is one of the most personal and revealing ever written by a former British Prime Minister.Eagerly awaited, the remarkable story of his life, from an extraordinary childhood to becoming an influential leader at the forefront of global politics and subsequent fall, is candid, scrupulous, and unsparing.</P><P>With complete candor and compelling insight, Major describes how he left school at fifteen, was unemployed, and through hard work and determination was elected to Parliament as a member of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party, which would transform Britain.</P><P>Quickly becoming one of Thatcher's Cabinet members, he served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Foreign Secretary, and then Chancellor of the Exchequer, the powerful position from which he vaulted to Prime Minister in 1990 when, after Thatcher fell, he fought and won a shrewd campaign to succeed her.</P><P>Major vividly recounts his role in shaping some of the most profound world events, including conferring with George Bush on the Gulf War, making the most decisive steps in a generation toward peace in Northern Ireland, leading Britain through the formation of the European Upon, and calling a general election in 1992 in which his party won the most votes in British political history. Yet within months of the 1992 election his government was in troubled waters, and Major is candid about his difficulties and losses and the controversies and divisions within his own party. Through it all, including the landslide defeat of his Conservative Party on May 1, 1997, and his immediate stepping down as party leader and Prime Minister, John Major acted with a dignity rare in politics.</P><P>As he talks about his leadership triumphs and defeats and his work with a diverse range of inter-national figures including George Bush, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Helmut Kohl, and Nelson Mandela, he offers invaluable insight into how political power is exercised both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Here is a fascinating story of a man, his passion for politics, and the genuine and significant contributions he has made to the lives ofthe British and people around the world.</P> 1940404 25 9 1999 John Major: The Autobiography total:5|5:1|4:1|3:2|1:1| 5 16 11 2 1937854 0002570041 9780002570046 3 2 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190589055m/1937854.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1937854.John_Major_The_Autobiography 3 0 false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 01:58:43 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 23:03:34 -0700 2009
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