Behind the Facade of Stalin’s Command Economy: Evidence from the Soviet State and Party Archives (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

The "red files" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953—the height of the Stalinist regime—this enlightening book reveals what we have learned from the archives, what has surprised us, and what has confirmed what we already knew. Most of the authors have worked with these archives since they were opened.