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I've finished reading "Strange Rebels: 1979 and the birth of the 21st century" by Christian Caryl. His thesis is that the world took a significant turning not, as usually thought, at the end of the 20th century, but earlier, in the 1970s, as signified by the rise to power or influence of a disparite set of actors - Khomeini , Deng, Thatcher, John Paul II, and by the struggles in Afghanistan.
Halfway through my goal of reading all of the 2013 Cunliff Prize shortlist :-)
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