The Soviet Defence Industry Complex from Stalin to Krushchev
Published on 8. December 1999
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 283 pages
978-0-333-72763-8 (ISBN)
Description
The huge complex of Soviet institutions and enterprises specialised in military production powerfully influenced the course of the twentieth century through resistance to imperial Japan, the defeat of Nazi Germany, and 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, party, and armed forces, this book is a pioneering investigation of the economic dynamics and social and political significance of Soviet defence.
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...makes a valuable contribution to the existing literature on the Soviet defense industry. Journal of Cold War Studies
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Series
Edition
2000 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XVIII, 283 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1043 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-72763-8 (9780333727638)
DOI
10.1057/9780230378858
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John Barber | Mark Harrison
The Soviet Defence-Industry Complex from Stalin to Khrushchev
Book
02/2000
Palgrave MacMillan
€98.76
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Persons
R.W. DAVIES Emeritus Professor, Russian Economic Studies, University of Birmingham
VIKTORIIA GLAZYRINA Research Student, Department of History, State University of Economics and Finance, St Petersburg
NATALIA LEBINA Professor of Russian History, State University of Economics and Finance, St Petersburg
ALEKSANDR LOSIK Professor of Russian History, Aerospace Academy, St Petersburg
LENNART SAMUELSON Research Fellow, Department of Strategic Studies, National Defence College, Stockholm
ALEKSANDR SHCHERBA Reader in Russian History, Aerospace Academy, St Petersburg
NIKOLAI SIMONOV formerly Senior Researcher, Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
BORIS STARKOV Professor of Russian History, State University of Economics and Finance, St Petersburg
Content
List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations PART I: OVERVIEW The Structure and Development of the Defence-Industry Complex; J.Barber, M.Harrison, N.Simonov & B.Starkov PART II: THE FORMATIVE PHASE The 'War Scare' of 1927 and the Birth of the Soviet Defence-Industry Complex; N.Simonov The Red Army's Economic Objectives and Involvements in Economic Planning, 1925-40; L.Samuelson Defence Spending and Defence Industry in the 1930s; R.W.Davies & M.Harrison PART III: THE WAR AND THE POST-WAR PERIOD Wartime Mobilisation: A German Comparison; M.Harrison New Postwar Branches (1): Rocketry; M.Harrison New Postwar Branches (2): The Nuclear Industry; N.Simonov PART IV: THE DEFENCE-INDUSTRY COMPLEX AND SOCIETY The Defence-Industry Complex in Leningrad (1): The Interwar Period; A.Losik & A.Shcherba The Defence-industry Complex in Leningrad (2): The Postwar Uranium Industry; N.Lebina Krasnoiarsk-26: A Closed City of the Defence-Industry Complex; V.Glazyrina PART V: REGULATION AND CONTROL Mobpodgotovka: Mobilisation Planning in Industry; N.Simonov Voenpriemka: Prices, Costs, and Quality Assurance in Defence Industry; M.Harrison & N.Simonov The Security Organs and the Defence-Industry Complex; B.Starkov Index