His success in dealing with the Soviet Union had partly to due with just how badly Soviet communism worked--their products were terrible as I learned first hand when a friend brought a Russian bicycle home--and when a needed product was in stores there were long lines for it, as one of my Soviet specialist father's favorite "Russian joke…
His success in dealing with the Soviet Union had partly to due with just how badly Soviet communism worked--their products were terrible as I learned first hand when a friend brought a Russian bicycle home--and when a needed product was in stores there were long lines for it, as one of my Soviet specialist father's favorite "Russian jokes" played on. The other ingredient in Reagan's success was that Gorbachev was a very sensible, very decent man, who genuinely cared about his country and people.
His success in dealing with the Soviet Union had partly to due with just how badly Soviet communism worked--their products were terrible as I learned first hand when a friend brought a Russian bicycle home--and when a needed product was in stores there were long lines for it, as one of my Soviet specialist father's favorite "Russian jokes" played on. The other ingredient in Reagan's success was that Gorbachev was a very sensible, very decent man, who genuinely cared about his country and people.