LEADER 03400nam 2200697 450 001 9910535671703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-465-03121-8 010 $a1-282-94541-6 010 $a1-280-59857-3 010 $a9786612945410 010 $a9786613628404 010 $a0-465-03122-6 010 $a0-7867-2648-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721053 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000258392 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200624 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258392 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10256094 035 $a(PQKB)10191879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000443274 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12202169 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000443274 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10455086 035 $a(PQKB)11752580 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3029308 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC579006 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3029308 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10956833 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362840 035 $a(OCoLC)923687174 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721053 100 $a20080604h20082008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"There is no alternative" $ewhy Margaret Thatcher matters /$fClaire Berlinski 210 1$aNew York :$cBasic Books,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (399 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-465-02027-5 311 $a0-465-00231-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aGreat 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. 606 $aConservatism$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1979-1997 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConservatism 676 $a941.085/8092 700 $aBerlinski$b Claire$01106113 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910535671703321 996 $a"There is no alternative"$92629475 997 $aUNINA