Full name: Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl

Author: Piers Paul Read Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, History, Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9780679408192 0679408193

The bestselling author of Blaze presents a heart-pounding account of the world's greatest nuclear disaster, based on sources not available before the fall of the Soviet Union. Read's enthralling account is filled with acts of courage--and also bumbling confusion, secrecy, lies, and coverups. Read spent many months in Russia interviewing hundreds of survivors and experts. Photographs. 3 maps.