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Review: 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.

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.

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Author/Creator:

Maclellan, Nic , author

Contributors:

Australian National University Press

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Grappling with the bomb: Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests [by Maclellan, N.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Grappling with the bomb [by Maclellan, N.] (Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2017 — ISBN 9781760461379; OCLC Number 991596175)

Related 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

Operation Grapple (Kiribati : 1956-1958)

1956-1958

Nuclear weapons

Hydrogen bomb — Testing

Hydrogen bomb

Nuclear weapons testing victims

Pacific Islanders — Health and hygiene

Pacific Islanders

Nuclear explosions — Environmental aspects

Nuclear explosions

Nuclear weapons — Testing — Environmental aspects

Military policy

Nuclear weapons — Testing

Great Britain

Oceania

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-373) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 383 pages) : illustrations.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

UG1282.A8 M335 2017eb

ISBNs:

9781760461386 (electronic bk.)
1760461385 (electronic bk.)
9781760461379 [Invalid]
1760461377 [Invalid]
1760461385 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1012396945