Thirty years ago Deng Xiaoping consolidated his power, the Islamic Revolution rocked Iran and Margaret Thatcher was elected.
Niall Ferguson, the eminent British historian, argues that 1979 had a greater long-term impact than 1989 in "The Year the World Really Changed -- Forget the fall of the iron curtain: the events of '79 matter more", published in this week's edition of Newsweek.
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