No Breathing Room: The Aftermath Of Chernobyl

by Grigori Medvedev

Reveals how censorship kept the Soviet people from realizing the key facts about their nuclear power industry, and the full extent of nuclear disasters

Genres: Russia, History

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994

Reviews

[Gary Gregory]

Personal history and complaints about Russian censorship. Very little about Chernobyl.

[Michael Frazier]

I had a nice long review for this book that more or less focuses on the bravery and initiative of a nuclear engineer turned author by the name of Gregori Medvedev. He dared to take on the nuclear industry, the KGB, the Politburo and the rest of the Soviet Union. I had this whole grandiose monologue about how Chernobyl could have and SHOULD have been prevented, but the USSR basically sucks because of their incessant desire for censorship. But sometimes, your computer hates you and doesn't want you to type a long, winded piece about things your friends probably don't care about. To be brief:

Censorship sucks and so does Russia. Ya know what, forget it.