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The Gates of Europe

The Gates of Europe by Serhii Plokhy

September 25, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This book was on sale on Audible a while back and seemed like the perfect kind of book to settle up my sense of Ukranian history. This part of the world as a whole is a big hole in my knowledge and for obvious reasons I wanted a separate history of Ukraine. The book is about as straight-forward as you could want, and the publication is timed with the recent Maidan Revolution, the Revolution of Dignity, which was in reaction to a series of corrupt […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Serhii Plokhy

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:546 · Genres: History · Tags: Serhii Plokhy ·
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Do you remember when . . . .

Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy

March 18, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

I vaguely remember the Chernobyl disaster. I remember hearing about it on the news and being scared. That’s about it. Plokhy’s history rectifies that. The book opens with the Swedish discovery of the disaster and includes a detailed account of the disaster itself. Not only the events leading up to it but the human cost of those who fought the faire without knowing fully the risk they were taking. The first tragedy is what happens to the firefighters. But the book isn’t just a detailed […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: audio, Ralph Lister, Serhii Plokhy

Chris's CBR11 Review No:43 · Genres: History · Tags: audio, Ralph Lister, Serhii Plokhy ·
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