SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 BY THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH,
LONDON EVENING STANDARD, DAILY MAIL AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
'Magisterial ... If anyone wants to know what has been happening to
Britain since the 1950s, it is difficult to imagine a more
informative, or better-humoured guide ... a Thucydidean coolness,
balance and wisdom that is superb.' - AN Wilson, The Times 'Who
Dares Wins captures the period with clairvoyant vividness.
Compulsively readable, the book will be indispensable to anyone who
wants to understand these pivotal years.' - John Gray, New
Statesman 'Immaculately well-researched, breathtakingly broad and
beautifully written ... Sandbrook leaves the reader impatient for
the next volume.' - Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph The acclaimed
historian of modern Britain, Dominic Sandbrook, tells the story of
the early 1980s: the most dramatic, colourful and controversial
years in our recent history. Margaret Thatcher had come to power in
1979 with a daring plan to reverse Britain's decline into
shabbiness and chaos. But as factories closed their doors, dole
queues lengthened and the 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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