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CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES * TELEGRAPH * PROSPECT 'The best account of the ongoing conflict its preconditions and its present-day horrors' Prospect Do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, compelling reading from
'A necessary book and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it' Cal Flyn What if Chernobyl was just the beginning? The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days
Almost 145,000 Americans fled their homes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in late March 1979, hoping to save themselves from an invisible enemy: radiation. The reactor at the nearby Three Mile Island nuclear power plant had gone into partial meltd
1961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iron Curtain comes down and traps them in the East forever. This gripping story of real-life espionage and i
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY 'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph 'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyon
I "Chernobyl" fortæller Serhii Plokhy om den katastrofale atomulykke i Tjernobyl i 1986, der efterlod en verden i chok under den kolde krig. Den 26. april 1986 klokken 01.23 eksploderer en reaktor i Tjernobyls atomreaktor. Mens Sovjetunionens le
'Brisk and thoughtful, this book could hardly be more timely' Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History Magazine , Books of the Year From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prize-winning author of Chernobyl , the essential history of Russian impe
CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY 'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai Bird Best-selling hi
Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russias invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the warand why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West has
World-renowned historianSerhii Plokhypresents a profoundly original, page-turning account of the Soviet Unions collapse BY THE AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRI
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, todays world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must relearn the lessons of the
*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History* 'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to
Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russias invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the warand why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West has
This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about
"The Gates of Europe" by Serhii Plokhy is a book on the history of Ukraine and the many battles over Ukrainian territory, past and present. Ukraine has had a long history of conflicts and battles over its territory and its sovereignty, and Serhi
I "Angrebet - Ruslands krig mod Ukraine og dens følger for verden" kortlægger den internationale forsker Serhii Plokhy Ruslands angreb på Ukraine og dens globale konsekvenser. Professor i ukrainsk historie og leder for Ukrainian Research Institu
On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which
BEST BOOKS 2023: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * TLS 'The world's foremost historian of Ukraine. . . the chronicler of a country on the front lines of a seismic European war' Financial Times On 24 February 2022, Russia stu
'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhys authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book' Peter Frankopan From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms
The biblical image of David and Goliath captures fittingly the nature of the war that Russia, the worlds largest country by surface area, unleashed on neighboring Ukraine, a country thatwhile still the largest on the European continentis almost thirty tim