The inside story of the political collpase of the Soviet Union is far better understood than the course of economic and social disintegration. In order to captu

Is there a link between the collapse of the Soviet Union, the radical reforms in China and Vietnam, and the current crisis in East Asia? David Lockwood argues t

The Soviet system was one of the few distinct ways of organizing human affairs in all areas of human life. Its disintegration is enormously important both in it

Study in historical perspective of developments in economic policy in the USSR - covers economic structures and economic administration prior to and during the

This book uses the formerly secret Soviet state and Communist Party archives to describe the creation and operations of the Soviet administrative command system