A dramatic, minute-by-minute account of one of the most shattering events of the Cold War, from an award-winning historian.
Serhii Plokhy is Professor of History at Harvard University and a leading authority on Eastern Europe whose previous books include Lost Kingdom, The Gates of Europe and The Last Empire. At the time of the Chernobyl explosion he lived behind the Iron Curtain less than 500 kilometres downstream of the damaged reactor.
An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good
thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology
with irresponsible politics
*Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens*
As moving as it is painstakingly researched, this book is a tour de
force and a cracking read. . . Without losing any detail or nuance,
Plokhy has a knack for making complicated things simple while still
profound
*Observer*
A work of deep scholarship and powerful stroytelling. Plokhy is the
master of the telling detail
*Sunday Times*
A compelling history of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath. . .
Plokhy's well-paced narrative plunges the reader into the sweaty,
nervous tension of the Chernobyl control room
*Guardian*
The first comprehensive history of the Chernobyl disaster. . . here
at last is the monumental history the disaster deserves
*The Times*
Plokhy, a Harvard professor of Ukrainian background, is ideally
placed to tell the harrowing story of Chernobyl. . . he has an
immense knowledge of Russian and Ukrainian history and maintains
the highest standards of scholarship
*Financial Times*
A meticulous account of the disaster - and how the Soviet
authorities tried to cover it up. . . A worthy winner of this
year's Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction
*The Times Books of the Year*
A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . . rightly
being hailed as a classic
*Daily Telegraph*
A masterful retelling. . . Mr Plokhy's book will endure as a
definitive history
*Economist*
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