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

• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, : Published in cooperation with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/73550094709043
• Soggetto topico: Defense industries - Soviet Union; Weapons industry - Soviet Union
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Military policy; Soviet Union History 1925-1953
• Altri autori: HarrisonMark <1949->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Guns and rubles
• ISBN: 1-282-35164-8; 9786612351648; 0-300-15170-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815112603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War.