This new Seminar Study, by one of the experts on the subject, provides students with a balanced historical analysis of the Thatcher years and their consequences. Within a chronological framework, Dr Seldon analyses the many controversial episodes and aspects of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, including the Falklands War; the miners' strike; Britain's relations with America and the stationing of missiles at Greenham Common; In particular, there is a chapter discussing the impact which her policies had on the British people at large and Britain's changing social and economic circumstances between 1979 and 1990.