TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berlinski,Claire
TI  - "There is no alternative": why Margaret Thatcher matters 
AV  - DA589.7 .B47 2008eb
U1  - 941.085/8092 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Thatcher, Margaret.
KW  - Conservatism
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1979-1997
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The shrine of mother Margaret -- La pasionaria of middle-class privilege -- "I hate communists" -- Diva, matron, housewife, shrew -- The sledgehammer -- For strategic sheep purposes -- Coal and iron -- Miners is miners -- The triumvirate -- No! No! No! -- Conclusion: why Margaret Thatcher matters
N2  - 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
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