Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
Baillie Gifford Prize · 2018 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Baillie Gifford Prize | 2018 | Winner |
About This Book
A definitive history of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, drawing on previously secret Soviet archives to reconstruct the explosion and its political, scientific, and human consequences. Winner of the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize.
About the Author
Serhii PlokhyUkrainian-American
Serhii Plokhy is a Ukrainian-American historian and professor at Harvard University. His book Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy won the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2018. He is a leading scholar of Ukrainian and Russian history.
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