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it was a little more than that, though that was a large part.... He also forced the Soviets into bankruptcy trying to keep upwith us militarily, (threats of star-wars technology, etc....), and they could no longer afford to keep the vassel-states under their thunbs. they were forced to give up control of their empire and pull out of their occupation of Eastern Europe. Inevetabley, the whole soviet system started to crumble to pieces at that point.
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