{"product_id":"9780571290673","title":"Iron Britannia: Time to Take the Great out of Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn April 2 1982 Argentine forces seized the British-dependent Falkland  Islands. Within 48 hours a British task force was sailing for the South Atlantic. One in five Britons opposed this war; but Argentina's surrender 74 days later set Margaret Thatcher on course for her second election victory. \u003cbr\u003eAnthony Barnett's \u003ci\u003eIron Britannia\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1982, turned down the din of war and diagnosed something rotten in the British state. This new edition offers a new extended preface by Barnett, addressing UK foreign policy post-Falklands; plus additional texts Barnett wrote at the time.\u003cbr\u003e'A furious, sometimes gleeful and often witty polemic against the decaying British political system which the conflict revealed.' Neal Ascherson, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Anthony Barnett makes a variety of telling points... Most tellingly of all, the concept he puts forward of 'Churchillism', the rhetoric of national unity which overrides party and class considerations.' Geoffrey Wheatcroft, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Done with almost Swiftian vigour. I warmly recommend it.' John Fowles, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123744948464,"sku":"9780571290673","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571290673_p0.jpg?v=1763718076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571290673","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}