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Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath (International Papers in Political Economy)
Arnold, Lorna, Smith, Mark
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Description for Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath (International Papers in Political Economy)
Paperback. Series: International Papers in Political Economy. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
International Papers in Political Economy
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403921024
SKU
V9781403921024
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Ref
99-15
About Arnold, Lorna, Smith, Mark
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath (International Papers in Political Economy)
'This compelling book gives an authoritative and admirably lucid account of British nuclear tests in Australia in the 1950s and provides an invaluable guide to the environmental and health consequences of those tests. It is very good to have it reissued and brought up to date.' - David Holloway, Stanford University, USA 'It is written in a ... Read more