Use the quote to answer the question that follows: "Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot." -- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher This quote refers to the way that:

a. President Reagan ended the Cold War without military action.

b. the U. S. used nuclear weapons instead of guns to end the Cold War.

c. Reagan used trade embargoes to end the Cold War.

d. Great Britain ended the Cold War before the U. S. had to intervene

a. President Reagan ended the Cold War without military action.

Explanation:

The end of the Cold War and the dissolving of the Soviet Union was more or less the result of the strategic policy of "peace through strength" under President Ronald Reagan's administration. This policy builds focus on a clever strategy of the government in trying to nullify the war without the need for military combat or fight.

Under this policy of "peace through strength", President Reagan used a three-part attack on the disarmament of the Soviet Union. First was the economic attack where the Soviet Union's accessibility of high technology was prevented and at the same time diminishing the value of Soviet products in the market.

The second was the increase in the expenditure of the American military so that the US will have a strong position in the negotiation process and also to lead the Soviets to focus more of their economic resources to their own defense system.

Lastly, the clandestine support of any anti-Soviet associations all over the world led to the increase of pressure on the Soviet Union itself, thus leading to the declaration of independence by the small countries that constitute the Union.

So, when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said "Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot", she refers to the way that Reagan led to the end of the war without the need for any military action.

relations between the soviet union and the united states were driven by a complex interplay of ideological, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperation and often bitter superpower rivalry over the years. the distinct differences in the political systems of the two countries often prevented them from reaching a mutual understanding on key policy issues and even, as in the case of the cuban missile crisis, brought them to the brink of war.

the united states government was initially hostile to the soviet leaders for taking russia out of world war i and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. although the united states embarked on a famine relief program in the soviet union in the early 1920s and american businessmen established commercial ties there during the period of the new economic policy (1921–29), the two countries did not establish diplomatic relations until 1933. by that time, the totalitarian nature of joseph stalin's regime presented an insurmountable obstacle to friendly relations with the west. although world war ii brought the two countries into alliance, based on the common aim of defeating nazi germany, the soviet union's aggressive, antidemocratic policy toward eastern europe had created tensions even before the war ended.

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