Stalin's purges cleared the ladder once. The cohort that got promoted held tenure for fifty years.
I’m looking forward to this. There are two obvious examples, but I can think of others . . .
I've already given away one, (it's Xi's unreforms). The other one... will not surprise you.
"The Stalinist personnel system was a one-shot weapon."
I'm still wiping tears of laughter from my eyes. I have to believe this double-entendre was intentional! :-)
Good article - thank you
I’m looking forward to this. There are two obvious examples, but I can think of others . . .
I've already given away one, (it's Xi's unreforms). The other one... will not surprise you.
"The Stalinist personnel system was a one-shot weapon."
I'm still wiping tears of laughter from my eyes. I have to believe this double-entendre was intentional! :-)
Good article - thank you