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The Economics of Political Violence: The Effect of Political Instability on Economic Growth. By Dipak K. Gupta. New York: Praeger, 1989. 329p. $49.95.

Peter Gould's Fire in the Rain not only tells the story behind the Chernobyl accident (which he has written in an informative, scientifically demystified, and most absorbing style) but also raises a number of keenly perceptive questions about the extent to which the dissemination, manipulation, and suppression of information about the accident and its effects may have been influenced by myriad politico-economic considerations, and, perhaps most significantly, by the degree to which a country is dependent upon atomic power. Gould, who, during the research for this book, covered well over five thousand pages of official reports, eyewitness statements, scientific treatises, and media accounts, convincingly tries to capture this important correlation between a nation's dependency upon atomic power and the degree to which information about the Chernobyl accident and its effects was manipulated or suppressed for no less than 26 West and East European countries (pp. 112-19). At minimum, the nuclear accident at Chernobyl created its own complex information crisis from which all nations can and must learn, and Gould's examination of the range of governmental reactions and responses— especially how and when information was made public in both Eastern and Western Europe—is impressive and instructive.