Producing Power

Who recommended it

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   Kate Brown American environmental historian

   Explicit recommendation

   One of five picks in the 2019 Five Books interview “The best books on Chernobyl”.

   Listed in the source as “Producing Power: The Pre-Chernobyl History of the Soviet Nuclear Industry”.

   The best books on Chernobyl↗ Interviewfivebooks.com Five Books · 28 Jun 2019 · checked 12 Nov 2026

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