WWII and the Soviet Union - The Industrialization of the Soviet Union - Mark Harrison - MHIO 44

Описание: http://warscholar.org - Mark Harrison has been a historian studying the Soviet Union and the Soviet economy for many decades. We talked about his latest project, a book about the Soviet economy just prior to WWII which he co-authored.
0:24 – Mark talks about how he got into studying Soviet history and its economic history and how it pertains to WWII.
2:40 – Mark talks about how the book breaks down the subject and its place in a book series on Soviet history.
10:18 – Mark talks about how few people in the Soviet system wanted to make final decisions.
13:16 – Mark talks about how much control the central authority had over outlying areas of the Soviet Union.
18:18 – Mark talks about how a good harvest in the Soviet Union at this time hurt Stalin’s plans.
20:40 – Mark talks about how the Politburo decided how many armaments to make.
25:48 – Mark talks about how the Soviets were planning for massive future war. Stalin was also very worried about the fifth column and the “unconscious” enemy.
29:42 – Mark talks about Soviet strategy for future war.
33:38 – Mark talks about allied support to the Soviet Union and what the Soviets had expected.
38:48 – mark talks about the various archives used for the research.
43:42 – Mark talks about Soviet and German record keeping and differences between Hitler’s and Stalin’s leadership styles.
48:51 – Mark talks about the Lithuanian KGB and archives about it.
53:02 – mark talks about jet propulsion in the 1930s.
1:09:08 – Mark can be found by googling “Mark Harrison Warwick”. He also has a blog which can be found by googling the previous phrase and adding the word “blog.”

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Guests: Mark Harrison
Host: Cris Alvarez

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