Guns and Rubbles

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 defence 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 sectors. The authors show that defence was at the core of Stalin´s system of rule; single-minded management of the defence sector helped him keep his grip on power.