LEADER 03207 am 22005053u 450 001 9910228949203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-76046-138-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000000927505 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5143163 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11473879 035 $a(OCoLC)1012396945 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5143163 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000927505 100 $a20171221h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aGrappling with the bomb $eBritain's Pacific H-bomb tests /$fNic Maclellan 210 1$aActon, Australian Capital Territory :$cAustralian National University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (384 pages) $cillustrations, maps, photographs 311 $a1-76046-137-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 1 $aGrappling 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. 606 $aOperation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958 606 $aNuclear weapons$zGreat Britain$xTesting 606 $aHydrogen bomb$zGreat Britain$xTesting 607 $aGreat Britain$xMilitary policy 615 0$aOperation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958. 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xTesting. 615 0$aHydrogen bomb$xTesting. 676 $a623.45119 700 $aMaclellan$b Nic$0871322 712 02$aAustralian National University Press. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910228949203321 996 $aGrappling with the bomb$91945185 997 $aUNINA