On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to ... Zobraziť viac
From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe, a new history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage... Zobraziť viac
For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine and fallout; nuclear war between the two... Zobraziť viac
Welche Folgen hat Russlands Angriff in den kommenden Jahrzehnten für den Westen und die Welt? Dieses hochaktuelle, dringende Buch gibt Antworten auf entscheidende Fragen unserer Zeit... Zobraziť viac
Do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times... Zobraziť viac
From award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe is the definitive history of Ukraine that helps us understand the country's past and the current crisis... Zobraziť viac
The definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize... Zobraziť viac
An astonishingly wide-ranging history of Russian nationalism chronicling Russia's yearning for Empire and how it has affected its politics for centuries... Zobraziť viac
Die Ukraine ein Land ohne eigene Geschichte? Der ukrainische Historiker von Weltrang Serhii Plokhy zeigt, wie mannigfaltig und dramatisch die Historie dieses Landes zwischen Europa und dem Osten ist. Nichts könnte derzeit aktueller sein... Zobraziť viac
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes... Zobraziť viac
A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction... Zobraziť viac
The gripping story of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, from an acclaimed historian and writer. On the morning of 26 April... Zobraziť viac
On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who were now on the front lines of Europe's largest conflict since the outbreak of the Second World War, acclaimed ... Zobraziť viac
From award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe is the definitive history of Ukraine that helps us understand the country's past and the current crisis... Zobraziť viac
From award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe is the definitive history of Ukraine that helps us understand the country's past and the current crisisLocated at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine ... Zobraziť viac
