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THE SOVIET DEFENCE INDUSTRY COMPLEX FROM STALIN TO KRUSHCHEV
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| By: |
John Barber (Editor), Mark Harrison (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£116.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333727630 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333727638 |
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| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
8 December, 1999 |
| Series: |
Studies in Russian and East European History and Society |
| Pages: |
301 |
| Description: |
Based on collaborative research by Russian and British scholars in the hitherto secret Soviet archives, this work investigates the economic dynamics and social and political significance of the Soviet defence industry and its influence on the course of 20th century history. |
| Synopsis: |
The huge complex of Soviet institutions and enterprises specializing in military production powerfully influenced the course of the twentieth century through the Soviet resistance to imperial Japan, defeat of Nazi Germany and the nuclear stalemate with America in the Cold War. Based on collaborative research by Russian and British scholars in the hitherto secret archives of the Soviet government, the party and the armed forces, this book is a pioneering investigation of the economic dynamics and social and political significance of Soviet defence production. It examines the origins of the Soviet defence drive in the internal tensions and threat perceptions of the interwar period. It reveals how the advent of new weapons such as the atomic bomb and the ballistic missile brought science and production into a new and even more secretive relationship, and how Soviet industry, the army and the security organs vied for control over the defence production process. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
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