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Grappling with the bomb : Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maclellan, Nic (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, [2017]
Series:Pacific series.
Subjects:
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.
Table of 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.