Economic information in the life and death of the Soviet command system

Reinterpreting the End of the Cold War: Issues, Interpretations, Periodizations

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 93-115

  Harrison, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905762773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780714684925     Document Type: Chapter

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