03207 am 22005053u 450 991022894920332120200520144314.01-76046-138-5(CKB)4100000000927505(Au-PeEL)EBL5143163(CaPaEBR)ebr11473879(OCoLC)1012396945(MiAaPQ)EBC5143163(EXLCZ)99410000000092750520171221h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierGrappling with the bomb Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests /Nic MaclellanActon, Australian Capital Territory :Australian National University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (384 pages) illustrations, maps, photographs1-76046-137-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britains 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 Britains nuclear folly.Operation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958Nuclear weaponsGreat BritainTestingHydrogen bombGreat BritainTestingGreat BritainMilitary policyOperation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958.Nuclear weaponsTesting.Hydrogen bombTesting.623.45119Maclellan Nic871322Australian National University Press.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910228949203321Grappling with the bomb1945185UNINA