L. Arnold, M. Smith

Britain, Australia and the Bomb (eBook, PDF)

The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Britain, Australia and the Bomb tells the story of the unique partnership between the two countries to develop nuclear weapons in the 1940s and 1950s. This new edition includes fresh evidence about the weapons under development, the effects of the tests on participants, and the recent clean-up of the testing range.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230627338
• Artikelnr.: 38176567

Autorenporträt

LORNA ARNOLD OBE is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Fellow of the Institute of Contemporary British History. She is author of Britain and the H-Bomb (2001) and Windscale 1957: Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident. MARK SMITH works in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Wales, Swansea, UK, where he specializes in British nuclear history and ballistic missile proliferation. Prior to arriving at Swansea, he was a Research Fellow at the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to Second Edition Atomic Policies and Policymakers Why Australia?
Hurricane 1952 Totem 1953 A Pregnant Pause 1953-6 Maralinga: A Permanent
Proving Ground Mosaic 1956 Buffalo 1956 'There Must Be Further Trials to
Come': Weapons Planning 1956-7 Antler and After Kittens, Rats and Vixens
The Maralinga Range after 1963 Health & Safety and the NRPB Studies In
Retrospect