Guns and rubles : the defense industry in the Stalinist state / edited by Mark Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Mark, 1949-

Series:

Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War.

Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense industries--Soviet Union.

Defense industries.

Weapons industry--Soviet Union.

Weapons industry.

Soviet Union--Military policy.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--History--1925-1953.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press : Published in cooperation with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Foreword / by Paul R. Gregory

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations, acronyms, technical terms, and conventions

Note on references

The dictator and defense / Mark Harrison

Before Stalinism : the early 1920s / Andrei Sokolov

Hierarchies and markets : the defense industry under Stalin / Mark Harrison and Andrei Markevich

Planning the supply of weapons : the 1930s / Andrei Markevich

Planning for mobilization : the 1930s / R.W. Davies

The Soviet market for weapons / Mark Harrison and Andrei Markevich

The market for labor in the 1930s : the aircraft industry / Mikhail Mukhin

The market for inventions : experimental aircraft engines / Mark Harrison

Secrecy / Mark Harrison

Afterword

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612351648

9781282351646

1282351648

9780300151701

0300151705

OCLC:

923594660