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Can Stalin’s economic policies be justified in relation to the human cost?
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Laura Mallin History essay Can Stalin's economic policies be justified in relation to the human cost? Stalin's dramatic change in economic policy has led to much debate. While some historians view this change as political opportunism, others argue that it was a pragmatic response to the economic difficulties caused by the NEP. The first Five Year Plan introduced in 1928, was aimed to overhaul the economical of the advanced industrial state in the shortest possible time. It mainly concentrated on the development of iron and steel, machine-tools, electric power and transport. Stalin set the workers high targets. He demanded an 1115 increase in coal production, 200% increase in iron production and 335% increase in electric power. He justified these demands by claiming that if rapid industrialization did not take place, the Soviet Union would not be able to defend itself against an invasion from capitalist countries in the west. The plans were...
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