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Cargando... There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matterspor Claire Berlinski
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Was looking for a fair, unbiased look at the Iron Lady's legacy. What I found instead was a academic excuse of a love letter for Thatcher, complete with the infamous scene of Berlinski smelling the handbag as well as constantly making excuses for failed policies during Thatcher's era and trying to make it sound like London was ~saved~ by her policies; there is also the characterization of Labour men who disliked Thatcher as men with mommy issues. It was shallow and clunkily written and I regret starting it in the first place. Ms. Berlinksi is obviously a fan of Lady Thatcher. That said, she goes to great links to reprint the views of those who dislike the Lady. As an American who knew little of Lady Thatcher outside of her reputation, the book was a great introduction to her. The book spends equal amounts of time discussing not only the historical account of what happened in Lady Thatcher's political life, but how that fit into larger questions of abstract political philosophy and practical politics. All in all a good read, with very interesting connotations for current political events. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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