Sean Lawson writing at his ICTs and International Relations blog.
Simply put, the guy sees the flow of history here, instead of presenting the usual simplicity of who's-up-and-who's-down.
Very intelligent piece.
NCW did its thing, made its permanent impressions, and the system moved on--as it always does. It was neither the great "savior" nor the great "satan"--just another paradigm iteration that shaped things for the better.
All such paradigms are like scientific "truths": they're the best you've got until something a bit more accurate comes along.