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...pursuing the Cold War in Europe it became necessary for the West to focus on the "Red Menace" which had survived Germany's pounding. The "Truman Doctrine" constituted reaction against this new threat to international capitalism. Coupled with this ideological war, Horowitz continues, was the essential problem of rebuilding the old socio-economic system. The Marshall plan provided the necessary flood of funds for such a reconstruction...
...Horowitz outlines the causes of the Second World War through class analysis, synthesizing works of such Leftist scholars as Barrington Moore Jr., Franz Neumann, and A.J.P. Taylor. Much clarification of this subject is needed as World War Two has seemed to contradict class analysis; one would expect that the capitalists would have united against Russia. Horowitz, however, shows that the contradictions within capitalism itself were of paramount significance. While Russia was a central focus of Germany's attack, the war was, in fact, fought to contest imperialist hegemony. Class alliances were forfeited during the war as Western experts expected Russia...
...struggle with Japan becomes clear. By means of protectionist policies Japan has rebuilt its economy to challenge American markets both domestically and in developing countries. If Japanese militarism widens, problems between these two super-powers are likely to expand beyond the present tariff war to a major clash. Unfortunately Horowitz doesn't deal sufficiently with the substance of this new struggle with Japan...
...HOROWITZ'S provocative discussion unfortunately opens more questions than it could ever answer, as indeed it must. A 258 page book which attempts to deal with sixty years of world history can at best try to be an overview of the subject. While Empire and Revolution is a credible and generally successful attempt, there are many problems with the book...
More importantly Horowitz fails to discuss two important themes related to socialist revolutions which have occupied much attention by Leftist writers recently. Why do bourgeois (capitalist) revolutions fail in some countries? And what problems arise out of differences in the economic development models of socialist countries...