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RAND, 1951. — 118 p.This influential study, originally published in 1951, provides insight into the political leadership and foreign policy in the Soviet Union and other communist states; the development of Soviet military strategy and doctrine; and the organization and operation of the Soviet economy. It was the inaugural publication in what was then called The RAND Series and later became known as RAND's commercial books series, which aimed to make RAND's groundbreaking research available to the public.