About the Program
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on April 8, 2013, appeared on Booknotes in 1993 to talk about her memoir, "The Downing Street Years." Ms. Thatcher's book chronicles her tenure as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. She also talked about the Falklands War, her relationship with world leaders like Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, and Ronald Reagan, and pivotal decisions she made while in office.