There is No Alternative (2012)
There is No Alternative
“A book called Why Hitler Matters would be inherently absurd; no one doubts that he mattered and no one needs to be told why. But the title of this book also implies a conviction. No one would write a book called Why John Major Matters. We know full well that he doesn’t.
You picked up this book because you know already that Thatcher is significant. But how significant is she, and why?
I do not propose to appeal to judgments only time can make. No one now asks whether Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Churc...hill, and Roosevelt were historical figures of enduring significance. They were judged as massive during their lifetimes; these judgments proved correct. But we should remember that a similar assessment was once made of Chiang Kai-shek. He was believed by his contemporaries to be—I quote now from the Chiang Anthem, and I reckon I would lose no money by betting that this is not on your iPod—“the savior of mankind, the greatest person in the whole world, the lighthouse of freedom, the Great Wall of democracy.”MoreLess
You picked up this book because you know already that Thatcher is significant. But how significant is she, and why?
I do not propose to appeal to judgments only time can make. No one now asks whether Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Churc...hill, and Roosevelt were historical figures of enduring significance. They were judged as massive during their lifetimes; these judgments proved correct. But we should remember that a similar assessment was once made of Chiang Kai-shek. He was believed by his contemporaries to be—I quote now from the Chiang Anthem, and I reckon I would lose no money by betting that this is not on your iPod—“the savior of mankind, the greatest person in the whole world, the lighthouse of freedom, the Great Wall of democracy.”MoreLess
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