Satellites and Commissars: Strategy and Conflict in the Politics of Soviet-Bloc Trade. (book reviews)

Philip G. Roeder, University of California, San Diego

Randall Stone provides a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of the constraints on Soviet-bloc trading relations imposed by the structure of command economies. This book speaks not only to international relations specialists concerned with rigorous analysis of political economy and two-level bargaining processes but also to area specialists seeking a description of Eastern bloc trade negotiations prior to 1991. Masterfully linking theory and case study, Stone provides a provocative analysis that challenges a ...

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