Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Russo-Ukrainian War
Buy on Amazon"He has written many insightful books on Ukraine and Russia, the Soviet Union, and Slavic peoples in general, spanning centuries on topics like Chernobyl and nuclear disasters, as well as the current war in Ukraine, in a book titled The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History."
Lost Kingdom
Buy on Amazon"Admittedly, in that book, I concluded in the 18th century before the rise of nationalism, but subsequent works, like Lost Kingdom, trace the story further into modern times."
The Man With the Golden Gun
Buy on Amazon"He did this with a new weapon, a spray pistol that later made it into Ian Fleming's Bond novel, The Man With The Golden Gun."
Atoms and Ashes - a Global History of Nuclear Disasters
Buy on Amazon"Let me switch gears and ask about nuclear safety, as you brought an intriguing point in your book, 'Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disaster.'"
Nuclear Folly
Buy on Amazon"Yes, you've authored a great book on the Cuban Missile Crisis, where we came alarmingly close to not just another world war but to a nuclear conflict that could obliterate human civilization as we know it."
Архипелаг ГУЛАГ
Buy on Amazon"You've previously examined the Russian question, particularly as articulated by Solzhenitsyn in 1994—author known for the Gulag Archipelago and of half-Ukrainian descent."