FINAL WARNING: The Legacy of Chernobyl
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0446514098 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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The heroic American doctor who performed emergency bone marrow transplants for the victims of Chernobyl offers an inspirational message of hope for a world with the possibility of nuclear disaster.
Interesting as a personal story Mike Blyth The book is a personal account by an American doctor, specializing in leukemia and treating it with bone marrow transplantation, who organizes and leads a cooperative effort with the Soviets to help treat some of the immediate victims. There is little technical background or analysis about the disaster itself or the Soviet response. As the boo. Interesting personal account This book provides an interesting look from a different perspective on the tragedy at Chernobyl. I don't think it is meant to be a history book, but rather a personal memoir of one person's experiences during the crisis. Dr. Gale had a skill and he was in a position to offer help to the Soviets. His memoir of those experiences make an interest. Are We Forgetting the Final Warning? Thomas Fortenberry Chernobyl was one of the most horrible disasters in human history. It was a galvanizing event in my life. It made me very active and pushed me to learn and aprticipate far more than I ever imagined prior to it -- a defining event much like the Tianamen Square massacre was.As soon as it came out I read and reviewed Dr. Gayle's book Final Warnin
His first-person recreation of the rescue effort, told with an assist from Hauser (The Execution of Charles Horman), is disappointing. What might have been a moving account of heroism and tragedy is submerged in personal trivia and dull writing. Their proposed reforms are sketchy and anticlimactic. 100,000 first printing; $100,000 ad/promo; author tour. The authors' recommendations include better training of nuclear personnel, a national program to respond to disasters in the U.S. From Publishers Weekly Gale is the UCLA physician who led the international medical team that treated victims of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. . and building nuclear plants away from dense population centers. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Informat