Soviet Socialism: The Era of War Communism

Abstract

The Soviet experiment on socialism provides several distinguishable politico‐economic models. Employing dialectical methodology, examines the political economy of War Communism (1917‐21) as an exemplar of the “Socialist Command Model”. Explores the economic, political and social forces that were responsible for the emergence of the model, its policies, programmes and consequences, and finally, the forces that made it obsolete for the subsequent stages of Soviet development.

Citation

Dowlah, A.F. (1993), "Soviet Socialism: The Era of War Communism", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 20 No. 5/6/7, pp. 57-83. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000526