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The myth of Reagan fighting the Soviets is dangerous


To the editor: H.R. McMaster’s and Jonathan D.T. Ward’s fairy-tale-like analysis of the Soviet Union’s collapse is potentially dangerous. That we find such mythology around Ronald Reagan to be so prevalent among “experts” illuminates the rot at contemporary U.S. foreign policy’s core.
Détente was not a “live and let live” approach, but rather a recognition after the near-disastrous Berlin and Cuba crises that coexistence was necessary to avoid nuclear annihilation. Reagan himself realized this after being informed that the Soviets had misperceived U.S. military maneuvers as a cover for aggression.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev terminated the Cold War when he became convinced that U.S. intentions were benign, not aggressive. The U.S. accomplished far more through seeking cooperation, not confrontation, with the Soviets. ....

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Letters to the Editor: The myth of Reagan fighting the Soviets is dangerous and needs to die


Letters to the Editor: The myth of Reagan fighting the Soviets is dangerous and needs to die
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President Reagan with Secretary of State George Shultz, center, and Vice President George H.W. Bush, right, at the White House on Jan. 9, 1985. (Barry Thumma / Associated Press)
To the editor: H.R. McMaster s and Jonathan D.T. Ward s fairy-tale-like analysis of the Soviet Union s collapse is potentially dangerous. That we find such mythology around Ronald Reagan to be so prevalent among experts illuminates the rot at contemporary U.S. foreign policy s core.
Détente was not a live and let live approach, but rather a recognition after the near-disastrous Berlin and Cuba crises that coexistence was necessary to avoid nuclear annihilation. Reagan himself realized this after being informed that the Soviets had misperceived U.S. military maneuvers as a cover for aggression. ....

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