Accounting for War

Soviet Production, Employment, and the Defence Burden, 1940 1945
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-48265-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 99, 375 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

Reihe: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

In this book Mark Harrison rebuilds and analyses the Soviet economy's wartime statistical record, examining its prewar size and composition, and wartime changes in GNP, employment, the defence burden, and the role of foreign aid. Complementing classic long-run growth studies, the book compares the Soviet experience with that of other great powers. It emphasises the severity of current costs and capital losses arising from the war, which had a negative effect on GNP that persisted well after the end of the war. The results are based on a comprehensive analysis of hitherto closed official documents, shedding light on the dimensions of the Soviet war effort, the comparative economics of the war, and its long-term impact on the Soviet economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrison, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The research agenda; 2. An inside view; 3. Measuring Soviet GNP; 4. Industry; 5. GNP and the defence burden; 6. The Alliance; 7. War losses; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Harrison, Mark
Mark Harrison writes about the history and economics of Russia, conflict, defence and security. He is a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. He is also a research fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham and of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.