Download or read book Behind the Facade of Stalin's Command Economy written by Paul Gregory and published by Hoover Institution Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "red files" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953—the height of the Stalinist regime—this enlightening book reveals what we have learned from the archives, what has surprised us, and what has confirmed what we already knew. Most of the authors have worked with these archives since they were opened.