Grappling with the bomb : Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests /
Maclellan, Nic,
Grappling with the bomb : Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests / Nic Maclellan. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 383 pages) : illustrations - Pacific series . - Pacific series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-373) and index.
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.
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.
9781760461386 1760461385
22573/ctt1ws7tbj JSTOR
2017479706
1956-1958
Operation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958.
Nuclear weapons--Testing.--Great Britain
Hydrogen bomb--Testing.--Great Britain
Nuclear weapons--Testing.--Oceania
Hydrogen bomb--Testing.--Oceania
Nuclear weapons testing victims--Oceania.
Pacific Islanders--Health and hygiene--Oceania.
Nuclear explosions--Environmental aspects--Oceania.
Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects--Oceania.
Australasia, Oceania and other land areas.
Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning.
Kiribati.
Nuclear issues.
Nuclear weapons.
Oceania.
Oceans and seas.
Other geographical groupings, oceans and seas.
Pacific Ocean.
Polynesia.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
The environment.
Warfare and defence.
Weapons and equipment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Security (National & International)
Hydrogen bomb--Testing.
Military policy.
Nuclear explosions--Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons--Testing.
Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons testing victims.
Pacific Islanders--Health and hygiene.
Great Britain--Military policy.
Great Britain.
Kiribati.
Oceania.
Electronic books.
UG1282.A8
623.4/5119
Grappling with the bomb : Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests / Nic Maclellan. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 383 pages) : illustrations - Pacific series . - Pacific series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-373) and index.
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.
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.
9781760461386 1760461385
22573/ctt1ws7tbj JSTOR
2017479706
1956-1958
Operation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958.
Nuclear weapons--Testing.--Great Britain
Hydrogen bomb--Testing.--Great Britain
Nuclear weapons--Testing.--Oceania
Hydrogen bomb--Testing.--Oceania
Nuclear weapons testing victims--Oceania.
Pacific Islanders--Health and hygiene--Oceania.
Nuclear explosions--Environmental aspects--Oceania.
Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects--Oceania.
Australasia, Oceania and other land areas.
Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning.
Kiribati.
Nuclear issues.
Nuclear weapons.
Oceania.
Oceans and seas.
Other geographical groupings, oceans and seas.
Pacific Ocean.
Polynesia.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
The environment.
Warfare and defence.
Weapons and equipment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Security (National & International)
Hydrogen bomb--Testing.
Military policy.
Nuclear explosions--Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons--Testing.
Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons testing victims.
Pacific Islanders--Health and hygiene.
Great Britain--Military policy.
Great Britain.
Kiribati.
Oceania.
Electronic books.
UG1282.A8
623.4/5119