Guns and Rubles

The Defense Industry in the Stalinist State

Edited by Mark Harrison

Series: Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes

304 Pages, 6.12 x 9.25 x 1.00 in

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9780300209129
Published: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2014

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For this book a distinguished team of economists and historians—R. W. Davies, Paul R. Gregory, Andrei Markevich, Mikhail Mukhin, Andrei Sokolov, and Mark Harrison—scoured formerly closed Soviet archives to discover how Stalin used rubles to make guns. Focusing on various aspects of the defense industry, a top-secret branch of the Soviet economy, the volume’s contributors uncover new information on the inner workings of Stalin’s dictatorship, military and economic planning, and the industrial organization of the Soviet economy.

Previously unknown details about Stalin’s command system come to light, as do fascinating insights into the relations between Soviet public and private interests. The authors show that defense was at the core of Stalin’s system of rule; single-minded management of the defense sector helped him keep his grip on power.

Mark Harrison is professor of economics, University of Warwick; honorary senior fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European studies, University of Birmingham; and distinguished visiting fellow of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University. He lives in Coventry, UK.

Guns and Rubles

The Defense Industry in the Stalinist State

Series: Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes

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