Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

Serhii Plokhy

ISBN 10: 1541617096 / ISBN 13: 9781541617094

Published by Basic Books, 2018

signed by author on title page; text has strain on binding that has lightly separated it at title page; dust jacket is intact but has a couple of small cuts at back along an edge; dust jacket has sticker from bookstore saying signed by author; deep insights into the political and other systems behind the explosion and a dramatic recounting of the heroic efforts to contain it. Seller Inventory # 1952

Synopsis:

A Chernobyl survivor and award-winning historian "mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system" in this "vividly empathetic" account of the worst nuclear accident in history (The Wall Street Journal).

On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died of radiation poisoning, fallout contaminated half the continent, and thousands fell ill.

In Chernobyl, Serhii Plokhy draws on new sources to tell the dramatic stories of the firefighters, scientists, and soldiers who heroically extinguished the nuclear inferno. He lays bare the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry, tracing the disaster to the authoritarian character of the Communist party rule, the regime's control over scientific information, and its emphasis on economic development over all else.

Today, the risk of another Chernobyl looms in the mismanagement of nuclear power in the developing world. A moving and definitive account, Chernobyl is also an urgent call to action.

About the Author: Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. The author of The Gates of Europe and The Man with the Poison Gun, most recently, Plokhy is an award-winning author of numerous books. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear ...
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition