Grappling with the bomb Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests
Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britains 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 centr...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Acton, Australian Capital Territory :
ANU Press
2017
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Pacific Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430518306719 |
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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.
