ECU Libraries Catalog

Reluctant cold warriors : economists and national security / Vladimir Kontorovich.

Author/creator Kontorovich, Vladimir
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxx, 266 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online History
Subject(s)
Contents Why bother with the writings on a defunct economy by authors now at best retired? -- Part I: Sovietology and the soviet military power. The origin and structure of sovietology -- The politburo's holy of holies -- Part II: Soviet military power in the Sovietological mirror. The missing sector -- Civilianizing the objectives of the planners -- Civilianizing industrialization -- Part III: Why government money could not buy economists' love. The secrecy hypothesis -- Beating soviet swords into Sovietological ploughshares -- Civilianization elsewhere.
Summary During the Cold War, Western economic studies of the USSR neglected the military sector of the Soviet economy. Were economic Sovietologists under political pressure, and if so, in what direction? This book has broad relevance for national security uses of social science research today.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-250) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019287103
ISBN0190868120
ISBN9780190868123

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources View Online Content ✔ Available