Have the attempts at democracy in china and nations in latin america, africa and the former soviet bloc been worthwhile?

This depends because everyones political views are different, but I would say yes.

the following best describes postwar era writers in their works:

many writers,authors,novelists,poets concentrated more on social art and social writing and stayed away from political writings.

a. by accepting the election of president abraham lincoln in 1860 and convincing other southern states to do the same