Overview
The Death of Revolution takes us deep into the world drama, where CNN images were blocked from couch-potato-viewers. From Latin America's social volcanoes and East Asian strife to shock-therapy in Eastern Europe and new ethnic definitions, the Marxist guerrillas and Leftist intellectuals had a rude awakening. In her "Swindler's List," Ghitis records her firsthand observations from ground zero."Students from Third World countries seemed to be walking around in a daze. Many of them had come to Moscow to learn about Communism, to learn how to replicate the Soviet model in their countries. Now the plan for their lives had suddenly evaporated." The plight of leftist students was almost trivial compared to that of armed revolutionaries whose side had surrendered in mid-battle. Ghitis takes us to the jungle and shows how the New World Order smells when revolutionaries end up with egg on their faces-literally and figuratively.
Synopsis
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 had serious repercussions for leftists all over the world. In this text for the general reader, CNN correspondent Ghitis offers her observations about the end of the workers' revolution, globalization, warfare in the Balkans, and international attitudes towards America. The volume does not contain an index or bibliographical references.
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