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Friday, April 24, 2026

The Killing of Karen Silkwood: A Whistleblower's Brave Battle Against Corporate-Bureaucratic-Political Nexus In US - Swarajya

Snapshot
  • Rashke's sensitive narration of Silkwood's death, the accusations levelled against her after it, and her vindication in court, makes the book a powerful and enriching read.

The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case. Richard Rashke. 1982. Penguin Books. Pages 448. Rs 3,770.

Silkwood's death

Shaunak Agarkhedkar is the author of ‘Let Bhutto Eat Grass’, a series of 4 spy novels that narrate the story of Indian intelligence's operations to target Pakistan's nuclear weapons program during the Cold War. He also writes stories of real-life spies at espionage.substack.com

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