An old man, Reagan wasn't afraid to die for his principles.
The massive military buildup under President Reagan posed a significant challenge to the Soviet Union for two main reasons. Firstly, it put considerable pressure on the Soviet economy, as they had to divert substantial resources towards their own military expansion to keep up with the U.S. Secondly, the buildup eroded the Soviet Union's perception of military superiority and heightened their fear of a potential conflict with the United States, which further strained their resources and contributed to the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union
The USSR was never Communist, it was state capitalist.
the soviet union
Cuba
Ronald Reagan put tremendous pressure on the Soviet Union by dramatically increasing America's defense budget which the Soviet couldn't match. George H.W. Bush is the President that saw the actual collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries.
The massive military buildup under President Reagan posed a significant challenge to the Soviet Union for two main reasons. Firstly, it put considerable pressure on the Soviet economy, as they had to divert substantial resources towards their own military expansion to keep up with the U.S. Secondly, the buildup eroded the Soviet Union's perception of military superiority and heightened their fear of a potential conflict with the United States, which further strained their resources and contributed to the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union.
He had made his reputation as being a tough, anti-Communist leader of the free world. Being in West Berlin, near the wall, was a perfect place to make that famous speech-knowing that people in East Berlin would hear the speech as well in some form. Reagon preached freedom for all who are oppressed including the Soviet Union-called them an "evil empire", at one time! Reagan knew that the Soviet Union was teetering on economic and social collapse, and wanted to put additional pressure on Gorbachev! Reagan knew that the new Soviet President, couldn't continue supporting the East Germans militarily like he had been doing elsewhere, including propping up Castro. Reagan knew if the wall came down, that other Warsaw Pact countries, would be encouraged to separate from the Soviet Union!
The Space Race
The USSR was never Communist, it was state capitalist.
The Soviet Union.
Cuba
the soviet union
He built up the military, and he ran up a large budget deficit. He bluffed the Soviet Union into collapse, thus ending the Cold War (and dismantled the Soviet Bloc) which if escalated would have ended the lives of countless millions, dwarfing WWI and WWII totals. Period.
The Cultural Revolution caused China and the Soviet Union to end their allegiance