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'''''Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster''''' (2019) by [[Adam Higginbotham]] is a history of the [[Chernobyl disaster|Chernobyl nuclear disaster]] that occurred in [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Ukraine]] in 1986. It won the [[Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction]] in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster including some that were recently declassified.<ref name="Stover">{{cite web |url=https://thebulletin.org/2019/05/the-human-drama-of-chernobyl/ |title=The human drama of Chernobyl |work=[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] |author=Dawn Stover |date=May 5, 2019 |accessdate=September 10, 2020}}</ref> Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth i.e. free of Soviet propaganda.<ref name="Stover" />
'''''Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster''''' (2019) by [[Adam Higginbotham]] is a history of the [[Chernobyl disaster|Chernobyl nuclear disaster]] that occurred in [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Ukraine]] in 1986. It won the [[Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction]] in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster including some that were recently declassified.<ref name="Stover">{{cite web |url=https://thebulletin.org/2019/05/the-human-drama-of-chernobyl/ |title=The human drama of Chernobyl |work=[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] |author=Dawn Stover |date=May 5, 2019 |accessdate=September 10, 2020}}</ref> Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth i.e. free of Soviet propaganda.<ref name="Stover" />


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First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster)

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (2019) by Adam Higginbotham is a history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in 1986. It won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster including some that were recently declassified.[1] Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth i.e. free of Soviet propaganda.[1]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b Dawn Stover (May 5, 2019). "The human drama of Chernobyl". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Jennifer Szalai (February 6, 2019). "An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl". The New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  3. ^ SZALUSKY (2020-01-26). "'Lost Children Archive,' 'Midnight in Chernobyl,' receive 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. ^ "2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners Announced". American Libraries Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  5. ^ "Book on Chernobyl nuclear accident wins $5,000 prize". ABC News. April 20, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
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