TY - BOOK AU - Deshpande, S. M. TI - Soviet Economy 1917-1945: Journey of a Country from Total Rout to Grand Victory SN - 9789383723089 U1 - 330.947 DES 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Delhi : PB - Aakar Books KW - Economic development Soviet Union History KW - Soviet Union Economic conditions 1917-1945 KW - Soviet Union History 1917-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 Economic aspects Soviet Union N2 - This book analyzes the monumental period of nation-building, rapid industrialization, and wartime transformation in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1945. It explores how a group of independent sovereign nations combined to develop an economically capable, militaristic superpower within a span of twenty-eight years, culminating in victory during World War II. The author examines the specific strategies employed by Soviet planners and highlights lessons that complex, modern emerging economies can draw from this crucial epoch of history ER -