In the late twentieth century, a cultural or economic change that historians who support the process of “de-centering” world history would likely cite as a limitation of Barton’s arguments in the passage was the downfall of the Soviet Union.
Explanation:
Barton's argument in the passage is to de-center Europe, you will need to vandalize the past. An economic development in the late twentieth century that would explain Barton’s argument about the “impending decline of the West” in the second paragraph is the Soviet Union unsuccessfully invading Afghanistan.
