More Words, Deeper Hole

According to a book review elsewhere I read, Reagan expressed the idea of bankrupting the USSR via an arms race even as far back as the 60s. Gore Vidal pegged it when he described the strategy of escalating military spending as one of who goes bankrupt first. Therefore, Baen's contribution was far smaller than the piece claims. If SDI hadn't been proposed, some other incredibly expensive military megaproject would have been used in its place.