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- Published: 17 September 2024
- ISBN: 9780241723593
- Imprint: Allen Lane
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $40.00
Chernobyl Roulette
A War Story
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- Published: 17 September 2024
- ISBN: 9780241723593
- Imprint: Allen Lane
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $40.00
Chernobyl Roulette is a fast-paced, illuminating narrative of the incredible heroism and courage shown by the personnel of Ukrainian nuclear facilities that were attacked by Russian forces, and of the stupefying recklessness with which the Russian military pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear disaster. A must-read
Yaroslav Trofimov, author of Our Enemies Will Vanish
A terrifying blow-by-blow account of what could have been the most disastrous postscript to the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Plokhy's exacting, precise and ultimately humane account is an act of global public service. This is a necessary book – and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it
Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment