I DOUBT too much credit.......Before Reagan, I believe the U.S.S.R was pretty good.....the military spending that Quadrupled under Reagan caused the U.S.S.R to "try" to keep up. That spending caused them to tumble. PERIOD.Originally Posted by jcb
Hey history is written by the victors!
Yeah, probably too much credit.
BUT I have read some other information that leads me to believe most western economists on both sides of the argument though USSR was better off than they actually were. They were a pretty closed society, so knowing really how much their economy generated was tough to put a finger on.
Kind of like determining Hussein and WMD......Lots, and LOTS of folks thought he still had them.
Later,
Geo
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