2012-05-24T13:07:12Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_reports-soviet.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_reports-soviet/JRS05.html 1988-12-31T21:00:00Z 1988-12-31T21:00:00Z

This report examines the role of the Soviet secret police (KGB) in some of the most important power struggles in the Kremlin since the death of Stalin. It relies heavily on an ability to separate useful information from the misinformation and disinfo...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_reports-soviet/JRS03.html 1987-12-31T21:00:00Z 1987-12-31T21:00:00Z

This report discusses the economics of Soviet agriculture from the mid-1960s to the present. In particular, it examines (1) the reasons Brezhnev's agricultural policy, designed to correct the deficiencies inherited from his predecessor, proved to be ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_reports-soviet/JRS04.html 1987-12-31T21:00:00Z 1987-12-31T21:00:00Z

Within the framework of a general paradigm of modern economic growth, this report summarizes the Soviet growth record and evaluates the economic problems that the Soviet Union now faces. It pays special attention to the effects of the Soviet economi...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_reports-soviet/JRS02.html 1986-12-31T21:00:00Z 1986-12-31T21:00:00Z

This report examines the nature of the relationship between the Soviet Union and Vietnam within the framework of the political and military polarization that has taken place in Southeast Asia since 1978. It discusses the historical background of Sov...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_reports-soviet/JRS01.html 1984-12-31T21:00:00Z 1984-12-31T21:00:00Z

In order to understand the slowdown in Soviet military expenditures in recent years, this report examines Soviet official figures and various independent Western estimates of the level and trend of Soviet military outlays and their share in national ...