[Dilbert San Diego]

Three key people in that effort, Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Thatcher, and St. John Paul the Great, do not seem to get much credit for the defeat of Soviet communism. Without their efforts, the Berlin Wall might still be standing.

[AustinBill]

Absolutely. Those three were united in a common purpose but it was St. John Paul II who greatly accelerated the finale by focusing the yearnings for freedom in Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe. Books like The President, the Pope, And The Prime Minister are worth appreciating by a much larger audience.

[dfwgator]

Three key people in that effort, Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Thatcher, and St. John Paul the Great, do not seem to get much credit for the defeat of Soviet communism. Without their efforts, the Berlin Wall might still be standing.

Helmut Kohl, as well.