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Originally Posted by foundit66  If anything, Reagan may have accelerated the process on a time-scale of months. To give Reagan credit for causing the downfall is to ignore the gross problems that were inherent to the Soviet Union's actions and structure. | I'd say that Reagan was a piece of the puzzle - but actually a rather significant piece.
The United States could afford to accelerate the arms race - even though we didn't accelerate it as much as was thought. The USSR was on the brink of collapse, and their "trying to keep up" put them over the edge.
And yes, there were many other factors involved - including the basic fact that an atheistic, communist regime simply cannot be self-sustaining.
Whether it was months or years, Reagan's approach definitely accelerated the collapse of the USSR.
Oh yeah... And you're a pig.  |