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The Blurb On The Back:
There is no blurb on the back, but there are the following quotes:
”A compelling history of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath ... plunges the reader into the sweaty, nervous tension of the Chernobyl control room on that fateful night when human frailty and design flaws combined to such devastating effect.”
Daniel Beer, Guardian.
“Extraordinary, vividly written, powerful storytelling ... the first full-scale history of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, one of the defining moments in the Cold War, told minute by minute.”
Victor Sebastian, Sunday Times
“An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics”
Yoval Noah Harari
“Haunting ... near-Tolstoyan. His voice is humane and inflected with nostalgia”
Roland Elliott Brown, Spectator
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Serhii Plokhy is Professor of History at Harvard University and a specialist in Eastern Europe. In this by turns horrifying, moving and meticulously researched book (winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2018 for non-fiction), he depicts the events surrounding the explosion of the No 4 reactor at Chernobyl on 26 April 1986 and the cover up and clear up that followed and explains how it contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
There is no blurb on the back, but there are the following quotes:
Daniel Beer, Guardian.
“Extraordinary, vividly written, powerful storytelling ... the first full-scale history of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, one of the defining moments in the Cold War, told minute by minute.”
Victor Sebastian, Sunday Times
“An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics”
Yoval Noah Harari
“Haunting ... near-Tolstoyan. His voice is humane and inflected with nostalgia”
Roland Elliott Brown, Spectator
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Serhii Plokhy is Professor of History at Harvard University and a specialist in Eastern Europe. In this by turns horrifying, moving and meticulously researched book (winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2018 for non-fiction), he depicts the events surrounding the explosion of the No 4 reactor at Chernobyl on 26 April 1986 and the cover up and clear up that followed and explains how it contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
