Atoms and Ashes - Plokhy, Serhii
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Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the crises and often cover up the scale of the catastrophe.

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Produktbeschreibung
Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the crises and often cover up the scale of the catastrophe.
Autorenporträt
Serhii Plokhy is the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Pushkin House Book Prize, and the New York Times bestseller The Gates of Europe. His many acclaimed books, including The Russo-Ukrainian War, Nuclear Folly and Atoms and Ashes, have been translated into over a dozen languages. He is Professor of History at Harvard University where he also serves as Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
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A timely and enthralling study of the atomic age and its perils . . . a meticulously researched history Lawrence Freedman Financial Times