"There is no alternative" : why Margaret Thatcher matters

The Resource "There is no alternative" : why Margaret Thatcher matters
Label
"There is no alternative" : why Margaret Thatcher matters
Title remainder
why Margaret Thatcher matters
Statement of responsibility
Claire Berlinski
Title variation
Why Margaret Thatcher matters
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Great Britain in the 1970s appeared to be in terminal decline--ungovernable, an economic wreck, and rapidly headed for global irrelevance. Three decades later, it is the richest and most influential country in Europe, and Margaret Thatcher is the reason. The preternaturally determined Thatcher rose from nothing, seized control of Britain's Conservative party, and took a sledgehammer to the nation's postwar socialist consensus. She proved that socialism could be reversed, inspiring a global free-market revolution. Simultaneously exploiting every politically useful aspect of her femininity and defying every conventional expectation of women in power, Thatcher crushed her enemies with a calculated ruthlessness that stunned the British public and without doubt caused immense collateral damage. Ultimately, however, author Berlinski agrees with Thatcher: There was no alternative. Berlinski explains what Thatcher did, why it matters, and how she got away with it in this vivid portrait of one of the towering figures of the twentieth century.--From publisher description
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
941.085/8092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
DA589.7
LC item number
.B47 2008eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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