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The Fall of the Berlin Wall - After Twenty Years, Isn\'t It Time to Dispel the Myth of Reagan?


World  (tags: history, books, president, myth, politics, communism, cold war, ronald reagan, berlin wall, fall of the berlin wall, reagan myth, 20th anniversery, gerard degroot, iron curtain, soviet union, berlin wall collapse, collapse of communism )

Aaron
- 22 days ago - care2.com
Too often, Americans mistakenly trace a direct line of causation between President Ronald Reagan's leadership and the fall of the Berlin Wall. If you count yourself among those whom subscribe to this historical revisionism, don't feel bad.
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