Most historians would have us believe that the twenty-first century began in 1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the world we live in todayand the problems that plague itcan actually be traced back a decade earlier. 1979 was the year that the postwar order evaporated, reshaping the international system and making way for a new era of global history. Christian Caryl discusses each of the year's five major counterrevolutions in turn, weaving together the dramatic stories into a paradigm-shifting revision of our recent ...
Read More
Most historians would have us believe that the twenty-first century began in 1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the world we live in todayand the problems that plague itcan actually be traced back a decade earlier. 1979 was the year that the postwar order evaporated, reshaping the international system and making way for a new era of global history. Christian Caryl discusses each of the year's five major counterrevolutions in turn, weaving together the dramatic stories into a paradigm-shifting revision of our recent history. The result is a startling new argument about the hinge on which the twentieth century turned.
Read Less
Add this copy of Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century to cart. $19.99, good condition, Sold by Meadeco Media rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from VINE GROVE, KY, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Blackstone Audio, Inc.
