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Grappling with the Bomb: Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests

Grappling with the Bomb: Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests

Paperback

Series: Pacific

Australia & OceaniaWeapons of Mass Destruction

ISBN10: 1760461377
ISBN13: 9781760461379
Publisher: Australian Natl Univ Pr
Published: Sep 26 2017
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.66
Height: 1.11 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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