The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991
Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? The economic dimension is at the very heart of the Russian story in the twentieth century. Economic issues were the cornerstone of  soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a record of what happened, and it is also an analysis of the failure of Soviet economics as a concept.
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The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991
Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? The economic dimension is at the very heart of the Russian story in the twentieth century. Economic issues were the cornerstone of  soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a record of what happened, and it is also an analysis of the failure of Soviet economics as a concept.
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The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991

The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991

by Philip Hanson
The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991
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The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991

The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991

by Philip Hanson

Overview

Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? The economic dimension is at the very heart of the Russian story in the twentieth century. Economic issues were the cornerstone of  soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a record of what happened, and it is also an analysis of the failure of Soviet economics as a concept.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781317885375
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/11/2014
Series: The Postwar World
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 292
File size: 4 MB

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Philip Hanson

Table of Contents

List of tables.  List of Figures.  Acknowledgements.  Editorial Foreword.  Introduction.  1. The Starting Point: the Stalinist Economic System and the Aftermath of War.  2. Khruschev: Home Rewarded, 1953-60.  3. Khruschev: Things Fall Apart, 1960-64.  4. A New Start: Brezhnev, 1964-73.  5. The 'Era of Stagnation': 1973-82.  6. Three Funerals and a Coronation: November 1982-March 1985.  7. Gorbachev and Catastrioka.  8. The End-game, 1989-91.  9. The Soviet Economy in Retrospect.  Bibliography.  Index.
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