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Britain in the 1980s was a polarized country led by a polarizing politician, Margaret Thatcher. This lively history charts the political and social developments of the decade, from the riots that shook Britain's cities to the privatization of state-owned industries, from the miners' strike to Live Aid, from the Falklands War to the emergence of alternative comedy. It illustrates in vivid detail how this strife-torn era reshaped the nation.
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Graham Stewart is the author of the internationally acclaimed Burying Caesar: Churchill, Chamberlain and the Battle for the Tory Party.
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"Graham Stewart has done a terrific job. His book brings the decade vividly to life and convincingly places it in perspective... Stewart is a gifted writer. He possesses a novelist's ability to engage the reader's interest... Excellent." — Toby Young, Mail on Sunday
"A thorough, well-marshalled overview of the politics of the 1980s." —Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
"An entertaining and insightful summary of interesting times." —The Times
"Stewart has written an accomplished, politically minded history of a decade in which Britain was painfully reborn." —Daily Telegraph
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- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1848871465
- ISBN 13 9781848871465
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages560
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