Chernobyl The history of a nuclear catastrophe By: Serhii Plokhy
The events of Chernobyl and really everything about it has always intrigued me. So as soon as I found this book it intrigued me and I added it to my "to read" list. I really enjoyed learning about Chernobyl and the events surrounding it before, during and after. It was frustrating to see how much political interference and naivety surrounded the catastrophe which caused more harm than needed. In some cases it escalated the dangers to the surrounding area, people and potentially the world.
Overall I did enjoy the book from the historical stand point, it was very interesting. However it was also very frustrating to hear about how the catastrophe was handled both in the moment as well as afterwards. It was frustrating to see how the Russian nuclear leaders and government was more concerned about passing the blame so they don't get in trouble instead of trying to figure out the best way to handle the situation.
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