My Assigned Blog is on Ronald Reagan. More specifically on Ronald Reagan ending the cold war.
Back in the day of the 1980s. To be specific the early 1980s. The United States realized that the Soviets had a large build up of Nukes and bombs. Big enough that we were equal (Nuke wise). We had just enough or a big enough lead to make the Russians scared. Reagan looked at General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and noticed that he would shift the USSR to more of a Democratic Society. Ronald Reagan wanted a world free of Nuclear Weapons and he also said that Nuclear weapons are "totally irrational, totally inhumane, good for nothing but killing, possibly destructive of life on earth and civilization." Reagan started conferences on disarmament of nuclear Devices with General Secretary Gorbachev of the USSR.
Reagan and Gorbachev had 4 peace talks. The first one in Geneva Switzerland, the second in Reykjavik, Iceland, the third in Washington D.C, and the fourth and last in Moscow, USSR. Reagan thought that if He could get the USSR to be more Democratic and more free speech then Communism would end. For the fourth Conference in Moscow a reporter asked if he thought that the USSR was still an "evil empire." He relied. "No." The Soviets thought he was a celebrity. The Berlin wall fell in November 1989. On December 3rd 1989 was officially declared over. Two years later the USSR Collapsed.
In order for this to be set up for failure the economy had to be doomed. The bad agricultural system and unplanned manufacturing system took a huge toll on the economy. Also during this time the Saudi Arabians increased production on oil. Now the main source of income was not as dominated by the Soviets.
With out Reagans help on ending the cold war the US might still be in the cold war. So we should be very greatful.
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