[txroadkill]

Come on Condi....we all know you Lurk here, sign up and help me out.

[Army Air Corps]

Does the book mention anything about events prior to the 1980s (e.g. Khrushchev’s replacement by Brezhnev)? does it mention anything about Eastern European efforts to cast-off the Soviet yoke?

[Draco]

Some believe Reagan spent the Soviets into their downfall. He refused to scuttle SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative, derisively called “Star Wars”) when he met with Gorbachev.

The Soviets, unlike the Congressional Democrats, believed SDI could work — against them. So they directed even a greater percentage of their GDP toward military research and manufacture to counter SDI. (The USSR already spent a huge fraction of its GDP on its military.)

There is a good argument to be made that this additional stress on the Soviet economy brought about the overthrow of Gorbachev and the hard-liners’ eventually unsuccessful attempt to retain power.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Your computer isn’t able to access Google or something?

[GSlob]

Just expand on the “evil empire” - what did [and do] these words mean? Evil landscape?- no, although it has been, and remains, environmentally ruined. Evil flora and fauna?- obviously no. Thus it has to mean evil people living, generating, and reproducing adequate to them their evil way of life [i.e. how they relate to their groups and to one another in socially important situations]. Thus, since these people could not [and did not] change their fundamental sociological natures and way of life overnight in 1991, it necessarily follows that the evil empire is alive and well, albeit in currently diminished circumstances. Now, from such analysis necessarily follows the superficiality of gorbachev and everything about him, and the normality [in terms of adequacy to that way of life] of putin. Well, I’ve already given you >100 words - write the other 500 yourself.

[martin_fierro]

An essay on Reagan vs the Soviet Union

Think back to the first time you ever heard of Reagan vs the Soviet Union. At one stage or another, every man woman or child will be faced with the issue of Reagan vs the Soviet Union. Cited by many as the single most important influence on post modern micro eco compartmentalism, Reagan vs the Soviet Union is not given the credit if deserves for inspiring many of the worlds famous painters. Crossing many cultural barriers it still draws remarks such as 'I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole' and 'i'd rather eat wasps' from global commercial enterprises, many of whom blame the influence of television. With the primary aim of demonstrating my considerable intellect I will now demonstrate the complexity of the many faceted issue that is Reagan vs the Soviet Union.

Social Factors

Society is our own everyday reality. When blues legend 'Bare Foot D' remarked 'awooooh eeee only my dawg understands me' [1] he was clearly refering to the impact of Reagan vs the Soviet Union on today's society. More a melody to societies dysfunctions than a parody of the self, Reagan vs the Soviet Union smells of success.

Some analysts have been tempted to disregard Reagan vs the Soviet Union. I haven�t. To put it simply, people like Reagan vs the Soviet Union.

Economic Factors

We no longer live in a world which barters 'I'll give you three cows for that hat, it�s lovely.' Our existance is a generation which cries 'Hat - $20.' We will begin by looking at the Lead-a-Duck-to-Water model, which I hope will be familiar to most readers.

Cost Of Living
		Reagan vs the Soviet Union

Indisputably there is a link. How can this be explained? Obviously the cost of living will continue to follow Reagan vs the Soviet Union for the foreseeable future. Strong fluctuations in investor confidence have been seen over the past two financial years.

Political Factors

The media have made politics quite a spectacle. Comparing current political thought with that held just ten years ago is like comparing Reagan vs the Soviet Union now, and its equivalent in the 1800s.

Let us consider the words of that silver tongued orator, nobel prize winner Aaron Tuigamala 'People in glass houses shouldn't through parties.' [2] Considered by many to be one of the 'Founding Fathers' of Reagan vs the Soviet Union, his words cannot be over-looked. If Reagan vs the Soviet Union be the food of politics, play on. I wait anxiously. What will the next few years bring for Reagan vs the Soviet Union?

Conclusion

How much responsibility lies with Reagan vs the Soviet Union? We can say that Reagan vs the Soviet Union may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but it's still important. It enriches, applauds greatness and it brings the best out in people.

The final say goes to the award winning Clint Jackson: 'Oooh yeah Reagan vs the Soviet Union shoo badaby dooo.' [3]

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[1] Bare Foot D - Classic - 1967 Stinton Records

[2] Tuigamala - Captain Sir - 1844 Inevitable Publishing

[3] Get On The Bus - Issue 321 - Media Books

[donna]

June 06, 2004, 4:19 p.m.
Russian Revolution
How Reagan won the cold war.
http://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/dsouza200406061619.asp

The Greats
December 31, 2006
http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=NTEyYjAwZmQyMTg0ZDIwMDc3ZjA1ZmU4OTQ2NjViNmQ=

How Reagan won the Cold War.
Posted Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at 7:29 PM ET
http://www.slate.com/id/2102081/

[bad company]

He stunned the Soviet Union with his tough rhetoric, calling it an “evil empire” whose leaders gave themselves the “right to commit any crime.” His famed “Star Wars” program drew the Soviets into a costly arms race they couldn’t afford. His 1987 declaration to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Berlin Wall — “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” — was the ultimate challenge of the Cold War.

http://www.templetonthorp.com/en/news660

[redwhit]

Take a look at anything written by John Lewis Gaddis especially “The Cold War: A New History” for lighter reading (if you’re only 300 words short). For deeper and heavier Gaddis’ “We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History” is great. For a military intro, try “The Cold War: A Military History” edited by Robert Cowley.” All should be fairly widely available.

Good luck

[SunkenCiv]

look for stuff about Reagan’s meeting with Gorbachev in, hmm, I think it was Iceland; for that matter, Carter’s boycott of the Moscow Olympics as a contrast with Reagan’s support for the resistance in Afghanistan. Reagan called the USSR an “evil empire”, brought largely symbolic battleships out of mothballs, supported the resistance in Nicaragua and Afghanistan (and for that matter, in eastern Europe, when he said, “tear down this wall!”), brought the hostages home from Iran, supported START rather than SALT II...