Ronald Reagan's military buildup, combined with estimates that the Soviet military consumed up to 70% of the Soviet economy (compared to only 55% for Nazi Germany), so suffocated Soviet economic quality of life that the USSR could not sustain the arms race.
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Dr. Sally PayneEvidence Quote
“what Ronald Reagan did a big military buildup and the Russians at the end of the Cold War some have estimated that as much as 70% of their economy was devoted to the military and it was absolutely suffocating”
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NWC 2025 INS Lecture - Dr. Sarah Paine: Geopolitics, Cold War Lessons and the Way Forward— U.S. Naval War CollegeCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:04:38 AM
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