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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781250503321

Autore

Kohlhoff Dean

Titolo

Amchitka and the bomb [[electronic resource] ] : nuclear testing in Alaska / / Dean W. Kohlhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, Wash., : University of Washington Press, c2002

ISBN

0-295-80050-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Disciplina

363.17992097984

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons - Testing - Alaska - Amchitka Island

Nuclear weapons - Testing - Environmental aspects - Alaska - Amchitka Island

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Amchitka Island (Alaska) History 20th century

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. 118-156) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents ; Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Among the Many Islands ; 2. On an Anvil of War ; 3. Before a Mighty Windstorm ; 4. Nuclear Alaska ; 5. Under Rufus & Larkspur Scrutiny ; 6. During a Long Shot ; 7. Through Milrow Calibration ; 8. For Safeguard Security ; 9. Amid More Cannikin Controversy ; 10. Beyond the Last Bomb ; Notes ; Index