Reagen didn't defeat the Soviets nor did the Soviets just magically implode. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Reagan couldn't help topple the Soviets if they were not already on shaky ground yet without Reagan's efforts they could have stabilized and survived. This is my belief. It was neither one or the other but a just right combination of both forces colliding at the right place and time in history.
And one can say what they want about Reagan's administration but he was the only president In recent times who actually shrank the government instead of bloating it.
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