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Guns and Rubles

How did Stalin use rubles to make guns? Focusing on various aspects of the defense industry, a top-secret branch of the Soviet economy, this research provides new information on the inner workings of Stalin’s dictatorship, military and economic planning, and the industrial organization of the Soviet economy.

Guns and Rubles

11:26 Fri 13 Mar 2009

Professor Mark Harrison discusses Stalin, the Great Terror, and how defense was at the core of Stalin's system of rule.

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Stalin and Secrecy

11:26 Fri 13 Mar 2009

Professor Mark Harrison discusses Stalin and secrecy in the second of a three-part series on his book Guns and Rubles

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The military-industrial complex

11:26 Fri 13 Mar 2009

Professor Mark Harrison discusses the military-industrial complex in the final part of his series on his book Guns and Rubles

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