Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations, acronyms, technical terms, and conventions -- Note on references -- The dictator and defense / Mark Harrison -- Before Stalinism : the early 1920s / Andrei Sokolov -- Hierarchies and markets : the defense industry under Stalin / Mark Harrison and...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations, Acronyms, Technical Terms, and Conventions -- Note on References -- 1 The Dictator and Defense -- 2 Before Stalinism: The Early 1920s -- 3 Hierarchies and Markets: The Defense Industry Under Stalin -- 4 Planning the...

This chapter introduces the author's selected papers on the economics of coercion and conflict. It defines coercion and conflict and relates them. In conflict, adversaries make costly investments in the means of coercion. The application of coercion does not remove choice but limits it to...