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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450123503321

Autore

Cross Roger

Titolo

Fallout [[electronic resource] ] : Hedley Marston and the British bomb tests in Australia / / Roger Cross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent Town, S. Aust., : Wakefield Press, c2001

ISBN

1-74305-092-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

363.17/99/0994238

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons - Australia

Nuclear weapons - Great Britain

Nuclear weapons - Testing

Radioactive fallout - Australia - Maralinga (S. Aust.)

Radioactive pollution - Australia - South Australia - Marlinga

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fallout; Author bio; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 - The Grand Game; 2 - A Man Not To Be Trifled With; 3 - The Die Is Cast; 4 - Monte Bello; 5 - Serious Business; 6 - Rising Anger; 7 - Rancour; 8 - Marston's Report; 9 - Marston Versus Titterton; 10 - A War Of Words; 11 - Epilogue; Notes; Preface; 1 - The Grand Game; 2 - A Man Not To Be Trifled With; 3 - The Die is Cast; 4 - Monte Bello; 5 - Serious Business; 6 - Rising Anger; 7 - Rancour; 8 - Marston's Report; 9 - Marston Versus Titterton; 10 - A War Of Words; 11 - Epilogue

Appendix - British Atomic Weapons Tests in AustraliaAcknowledgements; Bibliography; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Fallout' is the true story of a celebrated Australian scientist's involvement in the 1956 British atomic bomb tests. Contrary to official pronouncements, radioactive fallout was blowing across the country, contaminating towns and communities, including Adelaide. Cross tells a story that makes us ask the alarming question: could we be fooled again?