Word: jackson
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...further, contending that the $2 trillion Reagan defense buildup of the 1980s made possible the opportunities for ending the cold war in the 1990s. In other words, had it not been for the whole panoply of post-detente Western pressure tactics, starting with the imposition in 1974 of the Jackson- Vanik Amendment linking improved U.S.-Soviet trade to increased Jewish emigration from the U.S.S.R., there would be a different man in the Kremlin today. Or at least there would be a very different Gorbachev, one who would still be suppressing dissidents, sending refuseniks to Siberia, invading neighboring countries, propping...