HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Reagan helped end the Cold War by pointing out and exacerbating the weaknesses of the USSR’s economy.
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Reagan helped end the Cold War by convincing USSR citizens to revolt against the aging communist government.
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Reagan prolonged the Cold War by giving advice to USSR leaders that helped them maintain power for a longer period.
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Reagan prolonged the Cold War by inciting USSR citizens, causing them to stay committed to communism for a longer time.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main goal of the US foreign policy during the presidency of Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) was winning the Cold War and the rollback of communism-which was achieved in the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe during 1989; in the German reunification in 1990; and in the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did Reagan end the Cold War? He helped expose the economic and moral weaknesses of comm. 2. His uncompromising anti-comm rhetoric added a moral dimension to the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reagan wanted more of a military build-up to match soviet Powers. He continued the arms race, it raised the military spending 43 percent instituting a peace through strength policy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The dissolution of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War and led to world that is widely considered as uni polar, with the United States being the sole remaining hyperpower, but many other rising powers hold great influence in the world and are certainly superpowers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Cold War from 1979 to 1985 was a late phase of the Cold War marked by a sharp increase in hostility between the Soviet Union and the West. It arose from a strong denunciation of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.