Did Reagan win the Cold War?

[DevotedDemocrat]

Does Ronald Reagan bear the lion's share of the responsibility (along with Thacher and Gorbi) for the end of the Cold War and the fall of the USSR? Or does he share that honor with Presidents who came before him and George HW Bush as well?

[Cory]

No.

[SWE]

lol

[Gass3268]

lolno

[TNF]

Nope.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Obviously, it was Lyndon Johnson, blue collar Democrats, & progressive Nixon-esque Reoublicans who won the Cold War.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

There is no single person who has "won" the Cold War or "brought the Soviet Union down".

There was a mix of many developments, including pre-1970s containment, a nessesary Detente phase in the 70s, collapse of the Soviet economy and beaurecracy, dissident movements within the East Bloc, Gorbachev's reforms that wouldn't save the USSR, but enabled a peaceful conclusion, and others.

Of course the 80s under Reagan's leadership played a significant part, but just a part of a very complex process.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Obviously, it was Lyndon Johnson, blue collar Democrats, & progressive Nixon-esque Reoublicans who won the Cold War.

Heh, I know why you said that, but Detente was mighty important. After the Vietnam, the US needed to catch a breath, so they can come back in the 80s. Detente allowed this and, by easing tensions for a while, helped the dissidents within the Soviet Bloc to organize and grow strong.   

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Does Ronald Reagan bear the lion's share of the responsibility (along with Thacher and Gorbi and John Paul II) for the end of the Cold War and the fall of the USSR? Or does he share that honor with Presidents who came before him and George HW Bush as well?

Fixed it up.

Anyway, even if he ended it, Nixon, Ford, and Carter were trying to end it and Reagan escalated it.

[TDAS04]

No

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Yes (R; sane).  Gorbachev would have never made any of his reforms if Reagan hadn't pushed him to do it.

[Peter the Lefty]

No (I, normal).

[H. Ross Peron]

lolno

[Franzl]

Yes (R; sane).  Gorbachev would have never made any of his reforms if Reagan hadn't pushed him to do it.

Yeah. Just a shame nobody before Reagan was brilliant enough to just come out and directly tell him to tear down this wall.

[Mordecai]

No and the CIA was also wrong to believe that the Soviet Union was at its strongest.

[IceSpear]

There is no single person who has "won" the Cold War or "brought the Soviet Union down".

There was a mix of many developments, including pre-1970s containment, a nessesary Detente phase in the 70s, collapse of the Soviet economy and beaurecracy, dissident movements within the East Bloc, Gorbachev's reforms that wouldn't save the USSR, but enabled a peaceful conclusion, and others.

Of course the 80s under Reagan's leadership played a significant part, but just a part of a very complex process.

This is the correct answer.

[fartboy]

Yes but we would've won shortly after anyways. Socialism will always be crushed by capitalism and never let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

[Middle-aged Europe]

If I had to point to person who is most responsible for the fall of the USSR it is Leonid Brezhnev, because under his leadership the "era of stagnation" began which ultimately led to communism's downfall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_of_Stagnation

[IceSpear]

Yes but we would've won shortly after anyways. Socialism Communism will always be crushed by capitalism itself and never let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

Someone might want to tell Scandinavia and their much higher standard of living that socialism is untenable.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Yes but we would've won shortly after anyways. Socialism Communism will always be crushed by capitalism itself and never let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

Someone might want to tell Scandinavia and their much higher standard of living that socialism is untenable.

The Nordic model isn't socialism.