Reagan’s military buildup did not end the Soviet project

Evidence

It is true that Washington became more confrontational in the 1980s, but things like Ronald Reagan’s famous “Star Wars program” had little to do with the end of the Bolshevik project. Far more important was that Gorbachev, a man who revered Lenin, also believed that the fifteen Soviet republics and seven other Warsaw Pact member nations could reintegrate with the West into a new global system. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 105

Categorization

• XREF: Reverses the standard American triumphalist narrative of the Cold War; matches revisionist historiography. — connects to: The Cold War outcome does not prove deterrence worked — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1042; American intervention prevented Soviet domination of the Middle East; The Cold War’s end did not make liberal democracy inevitable across civilizations — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 177

Broader Connections

• The Cold War outcome does not prove deterrence worked #corroborates (0.82) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1042
• American intervention prevented Soviet domination of the Middle East #contradicts (0.80)
• The Cold War’s end did not make liberal democracy inevitable across civilizations #expands (0.75) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 177