TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sandbrook,Dominic
TI  - Who dares wins: Britain, 1979-1982 
SN  - 9781846147371
U1  - 941.0858 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
KW  - Thatcher, Margaret Hilda,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Elizabeth II, 1952-2022
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1979-1997
KW  - Economic conditions
N2  - "The early 1980's were the dramatic, colourful and controversial years in our modern history. Margaret Thatcher had come to power with a daring plan to reverse Britain's decline into shabbiness and chaos. But as factories closed their doors, dole queues lengthened and inner cities exploded in flames, would her radical medicine rescue the Sick Man of Europe or kill it off? Vivid, surprising and gloriously entertaining, Dominic Sandbrook's new book recreates the decisive turning point in Britain's recent story. For some people this was an age of unparalleled opportunity, the heyday of computers and credit cards, snooker, Sloane Rangers and Spandau Ballet. Yet for others it was an era of shocking bitterness, as industries collapsed, working-class communities buckled and the Labour Party tore itself apart. And when Argentine forces seized the Falkland Islands, it seemed the final humiliation for a wounded, unhappy country, its fortunes now standing on a knife-edge. Here are the early 1980s in all their gaudy glory. This is the story of Tony Benn, Ian Botham and Princess Diana; Joy Division, Chariots of Fire, the Austin Metro and Juliet Bravo; wine bars, Cruise missiles, the ZX Spectrum and the battle for the Falklands. And towering above them all, the most divisive Prime Minister of modern times - the Iron Lady." --
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