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Grappling with the Bomb : Britain's Pacific H-Bomb Tests.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific SeriesPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (408 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781760461386
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Grappling with the BombDDC classification:
  • 623.45119
LOC classification:
  • UG1282.A8 .M335 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- List of illustrations -- Timeline and glossary -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. The leader-Sir Winston Churchill -- 2. The survivors-Lemeyo Abon and Rinok Riklon -- 3. The fisherman-Matashichi Oishi -- 4. The Task Force Commander-Wilfred Oulton -- 5. The businessman-James Burns -- 6. The pacifist-Harold Steele -- Interlude-On radiation, safety and secrecy -- 7. The Chief Petty Officer-Ratu Inoke Bainimarama -- 8. The sailor-Paul Ah Poy -- 9. The high chief-Ratu Penaia Ganilau -- 10. The WVS ladies-Mary and Billie Burgess -- 11. The pilot-Geoffrey Dhenin -- 12. The Prime Minister-Harold Macmillan -- 13. The Foreign Officer-Gillian Brown -- 14. The telegraphist-Roy Sefton -- 15. The soldiers-Isireli Qalo -- 16. The Banaban-Tekoti Rotan -- 17. The mothers-Sui Kiritome -- 18. The last soldiers-Josefa Vueti -- 19. The President-John F. Kennedy -- Interlude-Contested illnesses -- 20. The research scientist-Al Rowland -- 21. The litigant-Pita Rokoratu -- 22. The Rear Admiral-Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama -- Aftermath -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
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Intro -- List of illustrations -- Timeline and glossary -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. The leader-Sir Winston Churchill -- 2. The survivors-Lemeyo Abon and Rinok Riklon -- 3. The fisherman-Matashichi Oishi -- 4. The Task Force Commander-Wilfred Oulton -- 5. The businessman-James Burns -- 6. The pacifist-Harold Steele -- Interlude-On radiation, safety and secrecy -- 7. The Chief Petty Officer-Ratu Inoke Bainimarama -- 8. The sailor-Paul Ah Poy -- 9. The high chief-Ratu Penaia Ganilau -- 10. The WVS ladies-Mary and Billie Burgess -- 11. The pilot-Geoffrey Dhenin -- 12. The Prime Minister-Harold Macmillan -- 13. The Foreign Officer-Gillian Brown -- 14. The telegraphist-Roy Sefton -- 15. The soldiers-Isireli Qalo -- 16. The Banaban-Tekoti Rotan -- 17. The mothers-Sui Kiritome -- 18. The last soldiers-Josefa Vueti -- 19. The President-John F. Kennedy -- Interlude-Contested illnesses -- 20. The research scientist-Al Rowland -- 21. The litigant-Pita Rokoratu -- 22. The Rear Admiral-Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama -- Aftermath -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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