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edhopper

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7. Most would say it was a small factor, if at all

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #5)

Fri May 24, 2019, 02:36 PM

May 2019

https://nintil.com/2016/05/31/the-soviet-union-military-spending/

Did Reagan induce a Soviet increase in military spending that in turn lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union? (For the thesis see Busch 1997, against the thesis Dobson 2005. For more, see the AskHistorians subreddit) Reagan’s policies were at much a secondary factor in explaining why the Soviet economy crashed. In that sense, he didn’t win the Cold War. Rather, The Soviet Union committed suicide by virtue of the deterioration of its economic system in the late 70s.

And the Myth that he brought down the USSR is as much a fable as walking on water. To get back to the real idea behind this Post.

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Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement had more to do with the fall of the Soviet Union than Reagan Ohioboy May 2019 #1

Their Afghanistan debacle was also a prime reason edhopper May 2019 #2

Yes, Afghanistan was a big part of it too Ohioboy May 2019 #3

And you and I know that edhopper May 2019 #4

I'm not going to argue with anyone on this point SCantiGOP May 2019 #5

Most would say it was a small factor, if at all edhopper May 2019 #7

Arguably the USSR lasted longer Major Nikon May 2019 #6

That's a stretch to call it a myth like the Gospels because it's so abstract. marylandblue May 2019 #8

I could have gone with a more obvious example edhopper May 2019 #9

Good point there! MineralMan May 2019 #10

Look at Columbus edhopper May 2019 #11

Interesting to think about The Genealogist May 2019 #12

Documents chosen and edited for the biblical Canon MineralMan May 2019 #13

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