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There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters (2008)

by Claire Berlinski(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0465002315 (ISBN13: 9780465002313)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Basic Books

review 1: Enjoyed this book. The author's style was engaging. I wanted to learn about Margaret Thatcher and her times. I wanted to know why the author thought MT mattered. I picked a good book to start with. In the author's words, Margaret Thatcher mattered because she could "sense the big picture" and could understand historical forces and "master" them. Lenin had these abilities and so did Winston Churchill. Margaret Thatcher had these gifts. The author shows that M. Thatcher understood the big picture and how her understanding, convictions and policies reversed Britain's decline.
review 2: I always got a kick out of Maggie Thatcher and had read Berlinski's previous book - Menace in Europe - so I knew she's a good author. This is an unconventional biography (more ... moreof a profile, actually), put together without regard for chronology, mostly from interviews with those who knew and worked with her, and with more than a few of the author's well-argued opinions. It also contains a readable refresher in Economics 101. I realize that doesn't sound exciting but the book actually improves as it goes along. less

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