The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation Carney Scott
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation Carney Scott LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE [A] tremendous new book. --The Washington…
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The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation Carney Scott
LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE [A] tremendous new book. --The Washington PostThe deadliest storm in modern history ripped Pakistan in two and led the world to the brink of nuclear war when American and Soviet forces converged in the Bay of BengalIn November 1970, a storm set a collision course with the most densely populated coastline on Earth. --The Boston GlobeCarney and Miklian write vividly in the fashion of a cinematic disaster flick.
The Vortex is the dramatic story of how that storm sparked a country to revolution.Bhola made landfall during a fragile time, when Pakistan was on the brink of Over the course of just a few hours, the Great Bhola Cyclone would kill 500,000 people and begin a chain reaction of turmoil, genocide, and war.