He built up the U.S. military to its greatest size since WWII knowing full well that Russia would try and follow suite. We with the west could more than afford the expenditure knowing that Russia could not. In the end his 8 year boost and aggressive policy's towards the C.C.C.P. bankrupt them into collapse and left the U.S. the only superpower in the world.
It only took 20 years of mismanagement to put us where we are today. I love politicians
