Uncovering Soviet Disasters

Exploring the Limits of Glasnost

• Author(s): James E. Oberg,
• Publisher: Random House
• Pages: 317
• ISBN_10: 0394560957
  ISBN_13: 9780394560953
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Current Events / General , History / Russia / Soviet Era , Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / General , Political Science / General , Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief , Social Science / Media Studies ,

Description:... Oberg investigates modern disasters in the Soviet Union--from space shots to industrial catastrophes, to pollution, floods and fires. What really happened, why were they covered up, and how were they finally discovered? This book explains it all. 8 pages of black-and-white photos.