Gail Sheehy, author of the book Gorbachev — The Making of the Man Who Shook the World, concludes: “Thatcher could congratulate herself on being, ‘ in a very real sense, godmother to the Reagan - Gorbachev relationship. ’ ”
Geil Shihi, autor i librit Gorbachev — The Making of the Man Who Shook the World, përfundon: « Theçer mund të ishte e kënaqur me veten, që kishte qenë ‘ në kuptim shumë të vërtetë, ndrikulla e marrëdhënies Regan - Gorbaçov ’. »