No one knew what to expect from either country at any given time. The nuclear arms build-up and lack of negotiating caused for the Cold War to reach the heights that it did, but Russian President Gorbachev and United States President Reagan were set to compromise and allow the fear of the world to be suppressed...
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The country was trying to produce less nuclear arms during the Nixon era and after, but Reagan started to buildup arms once again. He believed that this way he would scare the Soviets into "Westernizing". The arms race that Reagan started was much like that which occurred in the period of time between the end of World War II (1945) until Stalin's death in 1953...
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