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Propaganda Debunking

deutsey

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2. Although Reaganites take credit for the downfall of the USSR

Reply to Bolo Boffin (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:27 AM

Dec 2011

I think the assertion is questionable.

Reagan's cold war policies certainly contributed (while also undermining our own economy), but I see dissident movements like those in Poland and the former Czechoslovakia as huge factors along with the corrupt and aging Kremlin leadership. Also, when the USSR finally fell, the CIA and Bush administration were completely taken by surprise.

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The Reagan Revolution [View all] zorba1010 Dec 2011 OP

A couple of good books to check out: Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #1

Although Reaganites take credit for the downfall of the USSR deutsey Dec 2011 #2

Reagan has as much credit as Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Bush 41 Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #4

Agreed deutsey Dec 2011 #6

Another good book is Sleepwalking Through History by Haynes Johnson n/t deutsey Dec 2011 #3

That one looks really good! Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #5

What others have said. I would like to add SheilaT Dec 2011 #7

IS THE CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY SICK? WRITTEN IN 2007 zorba1010 Feb 2012 #11

The biggest reason that I see is how little these people know about history. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #8

also recommend BillStein Dec 2011 #9

Why do they call it 'revolution' SayIt Feb 2012 #10

HOW TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE AN IDIOT zorba1010 Feb 2012 #12

relentless marketing yurbud Mar 2012 #13

another interpretation Shagman Jun 2012 #14

Same way Obama become a secret Muslim Socialist from Kenya booley Jul 2012 #15

don't forget the 241 Marines killed at their quarters in Lebanon by a truck bomb, 1983 Bill USA Sep 2012 #16

intellectual laziness De Leonist Aug 2013 #17

For reasons I've never been able to comprehend, SheilaT Sep 2013 #18