Grappling with the bomb Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests
Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britain's 1950s program to test the hydrogen bomb, code name Operation Grapple. In 1957-58, nine atmospheric nuclear tests were held at Malden Island and Christmas Island--today, part of the Pacific nation of Kiribati. Nearly 14,000 troops travelled to th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Acton, A.C.T.
ANU Press
2017, [2017]
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| Series: | Pacific series
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britain's 1950s program to test the hydrogen bomb, code name Operation Grapple. In 1957-58, nine atmospheric nuclear tests were held at Malden Island and Christmas Island--today, part of the Pacific nation of Kiribati. Nearly 14,000 troops travelled to the central Pacific for the UK nuclear testing program--many are still living with the health and environmental consequences. Based on archival research and interviews with nuclear survivors, Grappling with the Bomb presents i-Kiribati woman Sui Kiritome, British pacifist Harold Steele, businessman James Burns, Fijian sailor Paul Ah Poy, English volunteers Mary and Billie Burgess and many other witnesses to Britain's nuclear folly |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 383 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1760461377 9781760461379 |