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More copies of this ISBN:Tony Blair: The Making of a World Leaderby Philip Stephens
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:On March 27, 2003, President George W. Bush said, "America has learned a lot about Tony Blair over the last weeks...and we're proud to have him as a friend." Despite the President's assertion, the average American knows little about Tony Blair except that he remained one of America's strongest allies in the war on terror and, ultimately, in the war against Iraq. But why? What is Blair's agenda? Is he just trying to further England's cause or his own? And how has this man, the youngest British prime minister in centuries, kept strong ties with such fundamentally different presidents as Clinton and Bush?
Philip Stephens — editor of the UK edition of the Financial Times and a man who has known Blair since the beginning of his career — answers for the first time these questions for the American public. Stephens follows the emerging world leader from his boyhood to his leadership of the Labor party and, along the way, exposes his beliefs, his personality, his shortcomings and contradictions, and his role in shaping a new international order. Review:"[E]ngaging and slickly presented but ultimately lacking in depth....The result is a fluent but superficial take on a pivotal figure in British history, one that substitutes personality for substance." Publishers Weekly Synopsis:This definitive portrait, written for an American audience, profiles one of the most charismatic statesmen of the age. About the AuthorPhilip Stephens is a senior editor of the UK edition of the Financial Times and writes a column on political and economic affairs in Britain and Europe. He is the 2002 winner of the David Watt Prize for outstanding political journalism. Table of ContentsCONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII INTRODUCTION XI 1. STEEPLES AND SPIRES 1 2. FAITH AND FAMILY 15 3. THE OUTSIDER 37 4. NEW DEMOCRATS, NEW LABOUR 58 5. ANOTHER COUNTRY 80 6. THE WORLD AS A STAGE 103 7. FINDING A THIRD WAY 122 8. MAKING PEACE 137 9. WAGING WAR 154 10. EVENTS 171 11. MAKING A FRI 12. THE RIGHT THING TO DO 209 EPILOGUE 238 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 251 INDEX 253
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