For the Record

A #1 bestseller in England, former Prime Minster David Cameron's For the Record shares his views on his political career and the state of the UK.

David Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005, promising to modernize the party following its three successive electoral defeats. He became Prime Minister in 2010, forming Britain's first coalition government in seventy years, at a moment of economic crisis, and went on to win the first outright Conservative majority for twenty-three years at the 2015 general election.

In For the Record, Cameron explains how the governments he led transformed the UK economy while implementing a modern, compassionate agenda that included reforming education and welfare, legalizing gay marriage, honoring the UK's commitment to overseas aid and spearheading environmental policies. He will shed light on the seminal world events of his premiershipthe Arab Spring; the rise of ISIS; the invasion of Ukraine; the conflicts in Libya, Iraq and Syriaas well as events at home, from the Olympic Games in 2012 to the Scottish referendum. He provides his perspective on the EU referendum and his views on the future of Britain's place in the world following Brexit.

Revealing the battles and achievements of his life and career in intimate and frank detail, For the Record is an important assessment of the significant political events of the 2010s, the nature of power and the role of leadership at a time of profound global change.

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