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Reluctant cold warriors : economists and national security /

The academic study of the Soviet economy in the US was founded to help fight the Cold War. Vladimir Kontorovich evaluates how well the new field fulfilled this task, and shows that it largely neglected the military sector, which underpinned the Soviet Cold War effort. Professional norms of economics...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kontorovich, Vladimir (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Soviet Union > Economic conditions > Research > United States.
Sovietologists > United States.
Cold War.
URSS > Conditions économiques > Recherche > États-Unis.
Soviétologues > États-Unis.
Guerre froide.
Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
20th Century.
Modern.
HISTORY.
Americas (North.
Economic history > Research
Sovietologists
Soviet Union
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The academic study of the Soviet economy in the US was founded to help fight the Cold War. Vladimir Kontorovich evaluates how well the new field fulfilled this task, and shows that it largely neglected the military sector, which underpinned the Soviet Cold War effort. Professional norms of economics and political pressures drove researchers to ignore the priorities of their government sponsors and to fundamentally misinterpret their subject.
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0190868147
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