After the Fall

Did the U.S. really "win" the Cold War? Is the fall of Communism only a temporary setback for Marxism, or has the freemarket prevailed, once and for all? In this work, the last ten years are examined by the most important Marxist scholars and journalists. Introduction by George Katsiaficas I. Historical Interventions Chapter One: 1989 Revisited, Daniel Singer Chapter Two: How We Ended the Cold War, John Tirmane II. Analytical Accounts Chapter Three: 1989: Continuation of 1968, Giovanni Arrighi, Terrence Hopkins and Immanuel Wallerstein Chapter Four: The Road to Consumption, Boris Kagarlitsky III. Retrospective Views Chapter Five: Germany: A Decade of Hope and Despair, Hanna Behrend Chapter Six: China: Ten Years After the Tiananmen Crackdown, Ngo Vihn Long Chapter Seven: How Adjaria Did Not Become Another Bosnia. Historical Determination, Human Agency, And Accident In The Study Of Nationalist Conflict, Georgi M. Derluguian IV. Ethical Imperatives Chapter Eight: Of Means and Ends: 1989 as Ethico-Political Imperative, Manfred B. Steger Chapter Nine: The Sickness Unto Death: International Communism Before the Deluge, Stephen Eric Bronner V. Political Responses Chapter Ten: Rollback: The Aftermath of the Overthrow of Communism, Michael Parenti Chapter Eleven: Cold War Triumphalism: A Reply to John Gaddis, Irene Gendzier VI. The Future of Socialism After Communism Chapter Twelve: Transcending Pessism: Rekindling Socialist Imagination, Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin Chapter Thirteen: Postcommunist Democratic Socialism, Nancy Fraser Contributors Index