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Midnight in Chernobyl - The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (Paperback)
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Midnight in Chernobyl - The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (Paperback)
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'An invaluable contribution to history.' Serhii Plokhy, Evening Standard
'Tells the story of the disaster and its gruesome aftermath with
thriller-like flair. Midnight in Chernobyl is wonderful and chilling
... written with skill and passion.' Luke Harding, The Observer
'Superb, enthralling and necessarily terrifying... every step feels
spring-loaded with tension... extraordinary.' The New York Times
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying
than the Soviet myth. Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and
compelling narrative which brings the 1986 disaster to life through the
eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. Drawing on
hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than
ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from
recently-declassified archives, this book makes for a masterful
non-fiction thriller.
Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world:
shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a
dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and
for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers not
only its own citizens, but all of humanity. It is a story that has long
remained in dispute, clouded from the beginning in secrecy, propaganda,
and misinformation.
Midnight In Chernobyl is an indelible portrait of history's worst
nuclear disaster, of human resilience and ingenuity and the lessons
learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will -
lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats - remain
not just vital but necessary.
Now, Higginbotham brings us closer to the truth behind this colossal
tragedy.
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