Question

Many admirers of Ronald Reagan credit him and his policies with the fall of Communism. Is that claim justified?

Answer 1

The foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration was the foreign policy of the United States from 1981 to 1989. The main goal was winning the Cold War and the rollback of Communism—which was achieved in the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe during 1989 and in the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991

Answer 2

Answer:

It’s not justified. I have to preface this with the fact that almost ALL of the really knowledgeable history buffs that I know who are also (consequently) Republicans, roll their eyes at this claim. It’s almost exclusively pundits, arm chair know-it-alls and the uninformed idealist that makes this claim.