Not only did Plokhii start his research on the Cuban missile crisis after delving into Soviet nuclear activity in his book Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe, the Cuban missile crisis itself has direct ties to Ukraine. As the anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster approaches, we’re highlighting the latest-and timely-publication of HURI Director Serhii Plokhii (Plokhy): Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis.Īlthough the Cuban missile crisis occurred decades before the Chernobyl reactor exploded on April 26, 1986, the connections between these two events extend beyond the dangers posed by radioactive fallout.
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