The British nuclear weapons programme, 1952-2002 / / editors, Douglas Holdstock, Frank Barnaby ; with a foreword by Joseph Rotblat

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p. ) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 355.8/25119/0941
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear weapons - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Military policy
• Altri autori: HoldstockDouglas <1933-2008.> BarnabyFrank
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. British Nuclear Weapons Policy 2. Legality of British Nuclear Weapons 3. The Nuclear Battlefield 4. My First Trip to Ground Zero 5. Why I Rejected Nuclear Weapons 6. Resisting the British Bomb: The early years 7. The 1980s 8. Recent Times 9. British Nuclear Tests and the Indigenous people of Australia 10. Cleaning-Up Maralinga 11. Long-term Health Effects in UK Test Veterans 12. Health Effects at Home 13. Nuclear Terrorism: Today's nuclear threat 14. An End to British Nuclear Weapons?
• Sommario/riassunto: Morality is at the core of the nuclear weapons issue. This collection explores the policy that combined nuclear weapons development with power generation. It presents a clear case against nuclear weapons.
• Titolo autorizzato: The British nuclear weapons programme, 1952-2002
• ISBN: 1-135-76196-5; 1-280-05561-8; 9786610055616; 1-135-76197-3; 0-203-00910-X; 6610055610
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910967017303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II