> Given the overwhelming leftist bias of most academic historians, > it's hard to imagine how this could play out, whatever you > think of Reagan. As our distance from the political battles of > the 1980s increases, it seems almost inevitable that his > rating will improve, simply because there will be fewer historians > who remember him as their hated conservative enemy and more who consider him as the man who was elected in 1980 (when the most important IR > book of the last generation or so, _War & Change in World Politics_ was > published and spent its last chapter on how the US would deal with the > Soviet Union's _inevitable_ rise to equality in terms of world power) and > left office in 1989 with the USSR almost on its knees. This is not a small > change, to put it mildly. >
You, may be right Gautam, but its always been my contention that the Soviet Union was doomed to failure with or without -- Doug email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zo.com/~brighto "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." A. Lincoln's First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861. > > consider him as the man who was elected in 1980 (when the > most important IR book of the last generation or so, _War & > Change in World Politics_ was published and spent its last > chapter on how the US would deal with the Soviet Union's > _inevitable_ rise to equality in terms of world power) and left > office in 1989 with the USSR almost on its knees. This is not > a small change, to put it mildly. > You, may be right Gautam, but its always been my contention that the Soviet Union was doomed to failure with or without Reagan and that the transition - especially in the hands of a capable leader like Gorbachov - would have been smoother without the virtual kick in the ass that Reagan provided. Or would you credit Reagan with the creation of Perestroika and Glasnost? The Soviets were going to transition from the old school to a younger generation of leaders with or without Reagan. -- Doug email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zo.com/~brighto "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." A. Lincoln's First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861.
