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Grappling With The Bomb : Britain's Pacific H-bomb Tests
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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 Bombpresents 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.
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Featured in the 2 October 2017 New Zealand / Pasifika Newsletter.
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Pages : 383
Publisher : ANU Press
Publication date : 2017-09-26
Subjects: Non-fiction, Pasifika, Kiribati, Pacific Politics, Pacific History