Margaret Thatcher's Revolution: How It Happened And What It Meant - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826484840 ISBN 13: 9780826484840

Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2005

Synopsis

n Britain, the erosion of confidence was not sudden but reflected the gradual acceptance of a pessimistic interpretation of history. The Great Victorians had been dismissed as hypocrites. The imperial story was to be seen merely as one of racism and incompetence. Solutions were not looked for within Britain's values of capacities. Things had come to pass where it was virtually impossible to mention the word liberty in the Ancient universities. This important new book is premised upon a belief that through one person - Margaret Thatcher- British succeeded in completely transforming itself by correctly comprehending the malaise, bringing it to an end and restoring itself through an assertion of British values and resourcefulness. The book will elucidate and evaluate that premise. There is a huge gulf in British politics between Thatcher's critics and defenders. This book is no hagiography or political manifesto of any sort.

About this title

About the Author

John Clarke and Subroto Roy are Professors at the University of Buckingham. They are on the editorial board of The Salisbury Review.

Review

"'The great man theory of history may not be wholly true, but it is not altogether false. And Margaret Thatcher was a great man.' Milton Friedman"

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826484840
• ISBN 13: 9780826484840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 209
• Editor: Subroto Roy, Clarke John, Roy Subroto