Stalin's Economic Advisors
Subtitle: The Varga Institute and the Making of Soviet Foreign Policy
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781786723178
Subjects: Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953; Soviet union, foreign relations; Soviet union, politics and government
Description: "Soviet foreign policy in the Stalin era is commonly assumed to have been a direct product of either Marxist ideology or the leader's whims. Both assumptions, however, oversimplify the complex and subtle factors involved in its creation and implementation. Kyung-Deok Roh provides an alternative, more nuanced, explanation and demonstrates the key role played by Stalin's economic advisors"--