Quote Originally Posted by Norfolk View Post
That said, the U.S. waged a very effective economic campaign against the U.S.S.R. in the 1980's...
Alternative view: the Saudi Princes waged one of the great economic wars of the post-WWII era against the USSR for control of the oil industry. They opened their spigots, crashed the price of oil, and bankrupted the USSR.

We take credit for defeating the USSR just as we often take credit for defeating NAZI Germany. Perhaps neither is fully deserved.