INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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supported
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discouraged
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “Evil Empire” speech was a speech delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983 during the Cold War. In that speech, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” and as “the focus of evil in the modern world".
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 23, 1983 in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to embark upon groundbreaking research into a national defense system that could make nuclear weapons obsolete.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Reagan proposed the largest peacetime military build-up in US history, 180 billion dollar expansion over a six year period. The build-up included the B-1 bomber, the B-2 stealth bomber and an array of conventional weapons programs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reagan personally feared a nuclear apocalypse and his strategy of a nuclear build-up was rooted in a belief that the economy of the Soviet Union could not sustain itself in a arms race with the United States. Ergo, a build-up would force negotiations for reduction.