The Ghost of the Executed Engineer

Stalin ordered his execution, but here Peter Palchinsky has the last word. As if rising from an uneasy grave, Palchinsky's ghost leads us through a miasma of Soviet technology and industry, pointing out the mistakes he condemned in his lifetime, the corruption and collapse he predicted, the ultimate price paid for silencing those who were not afraid to speak out.

Prologue

xi

1. The Radical Engineer

1

(22)

2. From Political Prisoner to Soviet Consultant

23

(26)

3. Early Soviet Industrialization

49

(18)

4. Technocracy, Soviet Style

67

(14)

5. Contemporary Engineering Failures

81

(18)

Epilogue: The Ghost of Peter Palchinsky

99

(10)

Notes

109

(14)

Acknowledgments

123

(2)

Index

125

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