Product Description: This volume puts forward the simple premise that during the Margaret Thatcher premiership Britain came to be greatly transformed, mostly for the better and mostly by Britain pulling herself up by her own bootstraps. Future historians will identify a distinct 'Thatcher Era' marking a decisive turning point in the country's history...read more

A book premised upon a belief that through one person - Margaret Thatcher - Britian succeeded in completely transforming itself by correctly comprehending the malaise, bringing it to an end and restoring itself through an assertion of British values and resourcefulness. This book will elucidate and evaluate that premise.

Product Description: Interdisciplinary in nature and presenting diverse points of view, this highly readable volume offers an in-depth and provocative discussion of contemporary Pakistan. After briefly placing Pakistan in its historical setting, the contributors examine numerous problems the Pakistani government must address in the coming decade if the country is to succeed both politically and economically...read more

Product Description: India has entered the fifth decade of her history as a unitary democratic republic. According to Subroto Roy and William E. James, a reassessment of India's agenda for the 90s is in order. Interdisciplinary in nature, the original essays comprising this volume define India's possible social, political, and economic goals, and call for an open and frank discussion of the country's state of affairs...read more