Chernobyl-The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy autographed by author

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Chernobyl-The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy recipient of the Baillie Gifford Prize for this book. Language: English 432 pages Hardcover Signed by author 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 Communist party rule, the regime’s control of scientific information, and its emphasis on economic development over all else.Size 6 x 9.5" Show more