Grappling with the Bomb: Britain’s Pacific H-bomb tests

2017/09/26 by Nic Maclellan · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.22459/gb.09.2017

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Abstract

Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britain’s 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

Citations

• The Partition of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands

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• Malden Island [wikipedia]

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