God Bless You Joe Stalin: The Man who Saved CapitalismStalin has been accused of many things; add to the list his role as the father of modern-day economics. The author traces the evolution of the concept of the Almighty Dollar against the backdrop of the Cold War, demonstrates how individual decisions made |
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Contents
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THE CONTRADICTIONS OF STATE SOCIALISM | 87 |
THE COLD WAR BEGINS THE TRUMAN PRESIDENCY | 95 |
THE COLD WAR IN NEUTRAL THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY | 127 |
EXPANDING THE COLD WAR THE KENNEDY PRESIDENCY | 165 |
THE GREAT SOCIETY THE LYNDON JOHNSON PRESIDENCY | 189 |
FRUSTRATION THE PRESIDENCIES OF FORD AND CARTER | 221 |
AMERICA ON THE ATTACK THE REAGAN PRESIDENCY | 243 |
THE END OF THE COLD WAR THE GEORGE H W BUSH PRESIDENCY | 267 |
THE VANISHED TRACK | 283 |
APPENDIX | 297 |
RECOMMENDED READINGS | 305 |
INDEX | 309 |
THE RENEGADE REPUBLICAN THE NIXON PRESIDENCY | 209 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | God Bless You Joe Stalin: The Man who Saved Capitalism Historia (E-libro) |
| Author | Lewis E. Kaplan |
| Publisher | Algora Publishing, 2006 |
| ISBN | 087586466X, 9780875864662 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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