Ronald Reagan and the Russian Revolution
Publication date
Thursday, 24.06.2004
Authors
Leon Aron
Series
USA TODAY, June 10, 2004
Annotation
Where Ronald Reagan's role in the fall of the Soviet Union is concerned, most obituaries mention the re-armament of America, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and the resistance to Soviet expansion in the Third World. These policies, the story goes, had dramatically increased the cost of global military and political competition with the United States, forcing the Soviet leadership to change its policies.
Where Ronald Reagan's role in the fall of the Soviet Union is concerned, most obituaries mention the re-armament of America, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and the resistance to Soviet expansion in the Third World. These policies, the story goes, had dramatically increased the cost of global military and political competition with the United States, forcing the Soviet leadership to change its policies.
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Leon Aron, resident scholar and director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of Yeltsin: A Revolutionary Life.
Leon Aron, resident scholar and director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of Yeltsin: A Revolutionary Life.
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