For most people living in these countries during and aft er the war, whether they feared or hoped for it, the abolition of capitalism loomed as the imminent outcome of the war's devastations and its showcasing of state economic planning. In the words of Willi Gallacher, the British shop steward leader, "the order of industry, which previous to the war seemed destined to last forever, is now tottering in every country of the world."

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 31