No Breathing Room: The Aftermath of Chernobyl

by Grigori Medvedev

Book Overview

Grigori Medvedev, author of The Truth About Chernobyl, reveals how right through most of the Gorbachev era censorship systematically sought to keep him and the Soviet people from learning key facts about their lethal nuclear power industry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465051146
• ISBN13: 9780465051144
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Provokes a renewed appreiciation of American freedom.

Grigori Medvedev presents an accurate, disturbing account of censorship and secrecy in the USSR. In his struggle to publish warnings of impending disaster (Chernobyl) Medvedev is met with resistance which Americans cannot fathom. Threats of imprisonment, death, and dicreditation are all too common to an author and scientist simply trying to prevent catastrophe. Medvedev's persistence is most commendable, and is his faith in God very apparent. Such courage, faith, and intelligence is far too rare in the world and Grigori's struggle makes U.S. freedom all the more gratifying.