Grappling with the Bomb : Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests / Nic Maclellan
- Bib ID:
- 7503224
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Maclellan, Nic, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Acton, ACT : ANU Press, 2017
- ©2017
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
- ISBN:
- 9781760461386 (PDF)
- Series:
- Pacific series
- Summary:
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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.
- Full contents:
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- The leader: Sir Winston Churchill
- The survivors: Lemeyo Abon and Rinok Riklon
- The fisherman: Matashichi Oishi
- The Task Force Commander: Wilfred Oulton
- The businessman: James Burns
- The pacifist: Harold Steele
- Interlude: On radiation, safety and secrecy
- The Chief Petty Officer: Ratu Inoke Bainimarama
- The sailor: Paul Ah Poy
- The high chief: Ratu Penaia Ganilau
- The WVS ladies: Mary and Billie Burgess
- The pilot: Geoffrey Dhenin
- The Prime Minister: Harold Macmillan
- The Foreign Officer: Gillian Brown
- The telegraphist: Roy Sefton
- The soldiers: Isireli Qalo
- The Banaban: Tekoti Rotan
- The mothers: Sui Kiritome
- The last soldiers: Josefa Vueti
- The President: John F. Kennedy
- Interlude: Contested illnesses
- The research scientist: Al Rowland
- The litigant: Pita Rokoratu
- The Rear Admiral: Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record
- Subject:
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- Operation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958
- Operation Grapple (Kiribati : 1956-1958)
- Hydrogen bomb -- Testing -- Oceania
- Hydrogen bomb -- Great Britain -- Testing
- Hydrogen bomb -- Oceania -- Testing
- Nuclear explosions -- Environmental aspects -- Oceania
- Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Oceania
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects -- Oceania
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Oceania
- Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain -- Testing
- Nuclear weapons -- Oceania -- Testing
- Pacific Islanders -- Health and hygiene -- Oceania
- Australasia, Oceania and other land areas
- Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
- Hydrogen bomb -- Testing
- Kiribati
- Military policy
- Nuclear explosions -- Environmental aspects
- Nuclear issues
- Nuclear weapons testing victims
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing
- Nuclear weapons
- Oceania
- Oceans and seas
- Other geographical groupings, oceans and seas
- Pacific Islanders -- Health and hygiene
- Pacific Ocean
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
- Polynesia
- Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
- The environment
- Warfare and defence
- Weapons and equipment
- Great Britain -- Military policy
- Great Britain--Military policy
- Great Britain
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- ANU Press
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