In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down.
Through analysis of post-Socialist Russia and Central and Eastern Eu.
This triumphant dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the Western world into a state of turmoil.
It was seen as representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism.
The collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union discredited the idea of Socialism for generations to come.
Two years later, the Soviet Union disintegrated.
In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down