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European Integration in a Historical Perspective "The emergence of a command economy in the Soviet Union during the Stalin era was the result of diplomatic isolation rather than the consequence of ideological precepts: economic planning appeared to guarantee a higher rate of growth and self-sufficiency." Discuss. Milan Samani I will begin the discussion of the above quote by defining a command economy. I will then place this definition within a geographical and historical context, thereby analysing it in the Soviet Union and during the Stalin era. I will then explain the reasons for its emergence and place the roles of both ideology and the Soviet Union's diplomatic isolation, and how they are inter-linked. I will define the Stalin era as the period between Lenin's death in January 19241 and Stalin's death in March 1952. An economic definition of a command economy is one where 'a state planning office decides what will be produced, how it...

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