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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 Winscaptures 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 Britains 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 Sandbrooks new book recreates the decisive turning point in Britains 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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- PART ONE
: What the Hells Wrong with This Country? - PART TWO
: I Have Forgotten the Rest of the Trick - PART THREE
: Onward! Onward! - PART FOUR
: The British Are Back!
Dominic Sandbrook is one of Britains best-known historians. Born in Shropshire in 1974 and educated at Oxford, St Andrews and Cambridge, he taught at the University of Sheffield before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of seven books, most notably his bestselling histories of Britain since the 1950s. He has presented numerous BBC radio and television documentaries, among them histories of science fiction, the Post Office and the German car industry as well as his widely acclaimed series on Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. He writes regularly for the Daily Mailand Sunday Times and is a visiting professor at Kings College London. A former Gold Run-winning contestant on the cult quiz show Blockbusters,he lives in Oxfordshire.
To my father, Rhys Sandbrook,
and to Catherine and Arthur, with love.
In reality, there are many little Circumstances too often omitted by injudicious Historians, from which Events of the utmost Importance arise. The World may indeed be considered as a vast Machine, in which the great Wheels are originally set in Motion by those which are very minute, and almost imperceptible to any but the strongest Eyes.
Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones,
A Foundling (1749)
The tales and descriptions of that time without exception speak only of the self-sacrifice, patriotic devotion, despair, grief, and the heroism of the Russians. But it was not really so
Most of the people at that time paid no attention to the general progress of events but were guided only by their private interests, and they were the very people whose activities at that period were most useful.
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace (1869), trans.
Louise and Aylmer Maude
Nobody dances like the British. They deserved the Falklands!
Darius Jedbergh (Joe Don Baker) in
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Every effort has been made to contact all copyright holders. The publishers will be pleased to amend in future editions any errors or omissions brought to their attention.
Pat Oliphant, untitled cartoon, International Herald Tribune, 8 July 1981 ( ARS, NY and DACS, London 2019).
Kal, untitled cartoon, The Economist, 20 June 1981 ( Kevin Kallaugher).
Nicholas Garland, It was a dark and stormy night , Daily Telegraph, 16 November 1979 ( Garland/Telegraph Media Group Ltd).
Nicholas Garland, The gentleman raised his eyes above his newspaper , Daily Telegraph, 14 November 1979 ( Garland/Telegraph Media Group Ltd).
Michael Cummings, I hereby invest you with this decoration for outstanding courage , Daily Express, 16 May 1980 ( Express Syndication Ltd).
Stanley Franklin, Pigs!, Sun, 20 October 1979 (The Sun/News Licensing).
Mac [Stan McMurtry], Did you have to tell him, One day, my boy, all this will be yours?, Daily Mail, 14 May 1979 ( Associated Newspapers Ltd/Solo Syndication).
Leslie Gibbard, Oh, what a lovely monetary policy!, Guardian, 27 August 1980 ( Les Gibbard).
Jak [Raymond Jackson], untitled cartoon, Evening Standard, 18 April 1980 ( Associated Newspapers Ltd/Solo Syndication).
Stanley Franklin, Cheer up, Jim youre still head of the party!, Sun, 3 October 1979 ( The Sun/News Licensing).
Nicholas Garland, The Three stood calm and silent , Daily Telegraph, 14 October 1980 ( Garland/Telegraph Media Group Ltd).
Nicholas Garland, Perhaps Msieur would like to see the wine list?, Sunday Telegraph, 14 June 1981 ( Garland/Telegraph Media Group Ltd).
Jak [Raymond Jackson], Heres a nice thing about you, Geoffrey!, Evening Standard, 13 March 1981 ( Associated Newspapers/Solo Syndication).
Clive Collins, untitled cartoon, Sun, 14 November 1981 ( The Sun/News Licensing).
Mac [Stan McMurtry], Who died that others might die, Daily Mail, 6 May 1981 ( Associated Newspapers/Solo Syndication).
Clive Collins, untitled cartoon, Sun, 14 October 1981 ( The Sun/News Licensing).
Michael Cummings, Gracious Lady!, Sunday Express, 29 November 1981 ( Express Syndication Ltd).
Trog [Wally Fawkes], untitled cartoon, Observer, 31 January 1982. ( Guardian News & Media Ltd).
Stanley Franklin, untitled cartoon, Sun, 5 April 1982 ( The Sun/News Licensing).
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Nicholas Garland, Nothing except a battle lost , Daily Telegraph, 6 May 1982 ( Garland/Telegraph Media Group Ltd).
Michael Cummings, Shocking! Someones written a dirty word!, Daily Express, 30 May 1982 ( Express Syndication Ltd).
Mac [Stan McMurtry], untitled cartoon, Daily Mail, 16 June 1982 ( Associated Newspapers/Solo Syndication).
Front cover of the Sunday Times Magazine, portrait of Margaret Thatcher by Michael Leonard, 27 April 1980 ( The Sunday Times Magazine, News Licensing).
Children playing Asteroids, Skegness, 1982 (Barry Lewis/Getty Images).
New Romantics, c. 1981 (Redferns/Getty Images).
Holidaymakers, Skegness, 1982 (Barry Lewis/Getty Images).
Delegates at the Labour party conference, Brighton, 1981 (Keystone/Getty Images).
Margaret Thatcher and Jim Prior, 1980 (PA Images).
Sir Geoffrey Howe and Lord Carrington, 1980 (Chris Craymer/Shutterstock).
Michael Edwardes, 1980 (Keystone/Getty Images).
Derek Robinson, 1979 (Rex Shutterstock).
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Protect and Survive booklet (S.J. Books/Alamy).
Satirical poster issued by the International Socialist Party, 1983 (Rex/Shutterstock).
CND march, London, October 1981 (Mike Goldwater/Alamy).
English football hooligans, Turin, June 1980 (Popperfoto/Getty Images).
Steve Davis on Tiswas, 1982 (ITV/Shutterstock).
Gary Numan, 1979 (Rex/Shutterstock).
Front cover of The Face magazine, photograph of the Human League by Jill Furmanovsky, September 1981 (private collection).
Duran Duran, 1981 (Michael Putland/Getty Images).
Michael Foot, 1982 (Homer Sykes/Alamy).
David Owen, 1981 (David Levenson/Getty Images).
Shirley Williams, 1981 (ITV/Shutterstock).
Tony Benn, Cardiff, c. 1980 (Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images).
Ken Livingstone and Gerry Adams, London, 1983 (Daily Mail/Shutterstock).
Masked republican, Belfast, 1981 (Thierry Campion/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images).
Graffiti, Belfast, 1981 (Homer Sykes/Alamy).
British soldier and RUC officer, Belfast, c. May 1981 (Homer Sykes/Alamy).
Masked Catholic youngsters, Belfast, 1981 (Thierry Campion/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images).
Police out of Brixton! Pamphlet issued by South London Workers Against Racism, 1981 (Junius Publications Ltd).
Front page of the Sun, 6 July 1981 ( The Sun/News Licensing).
Burning buildings, Toxteth, 1981 (Jacob Sutton/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images).
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