James Burnham and the New World Order

I. The End of a Struggle

THE THIRD World War ended in October 1989. Although the news that hostilities were over spread quickly and had momentous consequences, the actual capitulation was not witnessed by the world. This cold war finished as it had begun: without the fanfare of a formal declaration. The end came in a private telephone call between Soviet President Mikhail dorbachev and East German Communist leader Erich Honecker, in which the Russian told the German that further resistance was useless.

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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I. The End of a Struggle

THE THIRD World War ended in October 1989. Although the news that hostilities were over spread quickly and had momentous consequences, the actual capitulation was not witnessed by the world. This cold war finished as it had begun: without the fanfare of a formal declaration. The end came in a private telephone call between Soviet President Mikhail dorbachev and East German Communist leader Erich Honecker, in which the Russian told the German that further resistance was useless.