Behind the Façade of Stalin's Command Economy: Evidence from the Soviet State and Party Archives
By Paul R. Gregory

Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953—the height of the Stalinist regime—this enlightening book reveals what we have learned from the archives, what has surprised us, and what has confirmed what we already knew.

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• Table of Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Chapter 1: The Contribution of the Soviet Archives
• Chapter 2: The Dictator’s Orders
• Chapter 3: Leaders and Their Institutions
• Chapter 4: Making Economic Policy
• Chapter 5: Providing for Defense
• Chapter 6: The Economy of the Gulag
• Chapter 7: Economic Crime and Punishment
• Chapter 8: Stalin’s Last Plan
• Index