| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 383 pages) : illustrations |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
computer c rdamedia |
|
online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Pacific series |
|
Pacific series.
|
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-373) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Operation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958.
|
|
Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain -- Testing.
|
|
Hydrogen bomb -- Great Britain -- Testing.
|
|
Nuclear weapons -- Oceania -- Testing.
|
|
Hydrogen bomb -- Oceania -- Testing.
|
|
Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Oceania.
|
|
Pacific Islanders -- Health and hygiene -- Oceania.
|
|
Nuclear explosions -- Environmental aspects -- Oceania.
|
|
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects -- Oceania.
|
|
Great Britain -- Military policy.
|
|
Armes nucléaires -- Océanie -- Essais.
|
|
Victimes d'essais nucléaires -- Océanie.
|
|
Océaniens -- Santé et hygiène -- Océanie.
|
|
Explosions nucléaires -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Océanie.
|
|
Armes nucléaires -- Essais -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Océanie.
|
|
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
|
|
Kiribati
|
|
Oceania
|
|
Operation Grapple (Kiribati : 1956-1958) (OCoLC)fst01709908 |
| Chronological Term |
1956-1958
|
| Added Author |
Australian National University Press.
|
| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
|
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Maclellan, Nic. Grappling with the bomb. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2017 9781760461379 (OCoLC)991596175 |
| ISBN |
9781760461386 (electronic bk.) |
|
1760461385 (electronic bk.) |
|
9781760461379 |
|
1760461377 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000060222708 |
|
GBVCP 1014945410 |
