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Democracy’s Post-1945 Worldwide Rise and Decline

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From: Myths of Modern History

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The author examines the myths concerning the winding, up-and-down road taken by democracy from 1945 to the present. He argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent demise of communism in the Soviet Union and its satellites did not amount to a victory for democracy but its opposite– rather, this was a triumph for the wealthy, powerful, and privileged few, the "1 per cent."

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Jacques R. Pauwels

Jacques R. Pauwels has taught European history at a number of universities in Ontario, including York, Waterloo and Guelph. He is the author of The Great Class War 1914–1918, Big Business and Hitler and The Myth of the Good War, revisionist histories of the rise of fascism and the World Wars. His books are read around the world and have been published in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, Turkish and Korean. An independent scholar, Pauwels holds PhDs in history (York) as well as political science (U of T). He lives in Brantford, Ontario.