Chernobyl Roulette
A War Story
$32.50
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2024
Summary
The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days of war
On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armoured vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. It was the most direct way for them to reach the capital - and an extraordinarily reckless plan after the disaster that had taken place there three decades earlier. Russian occupation of the plant had …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241723593 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241723590 |
| Author: | Serhii Plokhy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Allen Lane |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 155mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Serhii Plokhy
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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