Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

by Serhii Plokhy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541617096
• ISBN13: 9781541617094
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"