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GORBACHEV, Mikhail. Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World . London: Collins, 1987. 8º. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance : Presentation copy to Margaret Thatcher (half-title inscribed in Russian: "To Mrs Margaret Thatcher, with respect and hopes for further mutual understanding. M. Gorbachev. Moscow, December 1987." FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE PRIME MINISTER . After meeting the new Soviet leader in 1984, Mrs Thatcher famously announced: “I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together.” In his article 'Maggie and Gorby', published in the New York Times 8 April 2013, Bill Keller called the mutually supportive relationship between the two 'one of the more essential curiosities of the late Cold War .... It took a while, but Thatcher’s endorsement won Gorbachev important credibility in Washington and other western capitals, which ultimately contributed to a defusing of lethal tensions and the liberation of Moscow’s empire. In turn, Thatcher’s early recognition that Gorbachev was for real helped her at home by enhancing her reputation as a European leader and a steely global pragmatist. In fact, Thatcher often seemed to have an easier rapport with Gorbachev than she did with President Reagan."
GORBACHEV, Mikhail. Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World . London: Collins, 1987. 8º. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance : Presentation copy to Margaret Thatcher (half-title inscribed in Russian: "To Mrs Margaret Thatcher, with respect and hopes for further mutual understanding. M. Gorbachev. Moscow, December 1987." FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE PRIME MINISTER . After meeting the new Soviet leader in 1984, Mrs Thatcher famously announced: “I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together.” In his article 'Maggie and Gorby', published in the New York Times 8 April 2013, Bill Keller called the mutually supportive relationship between the two 'one of the more essential curiosities of the late Cold War .... It took a while, but Thatcher’s endorsement won Gorbachev important credibility in Washington and other western capitals, which ultimately contributed to a defusing of lethal tensions and the liberation of Moscow’s empire. In turn, Thatcher’s early recognition that Gorbachev was for real helped her at home by enhancing her reputation as a European leader and a steely global pragmatist. In fact, Thatcher often seemed to have an easier rapport with Gorbachev than she did with President Reagan."