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The statement is incorrect; Ronald Reagan won the cold war. The key is to prevent the war from becoming "hot"; to prevail against the enemy without actual combat.
The key to Reagan's victory was in forcing the Soviet Union to spend so much money on the military that the rest of the economy would collapse, and this is pretty much what happened. His "Strategic Defense" initiative, pejoratively named "Star Wars", would have provided some defense against ballistic missiles. An ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) system doesn't have to be perfect; it simply needs to increase the level of uncertainty that a Soviet first strike would have destroyed the US missile force. Between this and the intermediate range missiles deployed to Europe, and Soviets were unable to afford enough offensive ability to destroy it all. The Soviets tried - and collapsed their economy. The Soviet Union disintegrated. We won the cold war.
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∙ 15y agobecause the aggression never manifested between the two superpowers.. in some wars they just let other countries fight on their behalf more or less
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there would be less deaths. they also thought that the allies could win the war without them.
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Yes, China did win against Japan and also china wasnt ready for that war right now they could win a war against japan anytime
Did russia win the cold war?
No
Did JFK win the cold war?
No
At first the North Thought it could WHAT the Civil war in one battle?
Win
What was America's goal during most of the cold war?
To win.
How did the US win the Cold War?
The soviet union government collapsed
How did the independence of former colonies affect the Cold War?
They were simply fodder for the cold war; each side trying to "win" them over to their side.
What would happen in a World War III?
Obviously no one knows. My assumption is that world war 3 would be a battle over the control of antartica. The continent could render many agricultural resources in its freezing cold temperatures. Amurica wuld win.
Did nuclear weapons help win the war against Russia during the Cold War?
No. Nukes created the cold war.Perhaps they kept the cold war cold, but they did not create it! Without them it is very likely it would have become a hot war before Stalin's death.
How was the Berlin airlift an attempt by the us to win the cold war?
josh hutcherson
How War the economic development of western Europe during the cold war years similar to or different from that of Japan?
To win
What were some listed tactics from the cold war?
Other than spies, espionage, and sabotage; the arms race (one upmanship on the other) & and winning friends (a form of legal bribing-supplying arms & equipment to win them over) were the only tactics employed. One must remember, the cold war was not a war. It was a term.
Was the Battle of Gettysburg the decisive battle in the Civil War?
In some ways. It proved that the South could not win when it came to fight on northern land. If the South couldn't win in the North then they could not win the war.
