Britain and the H-bomb [Elektronisk resurs] / Lorna Arnold.
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Arnold, Lorna. (författare)
- ISBN 9780230599772
- Publicerad: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
- Engelska 288 p.
- Relaterad länk:
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http://dx.doi.org/10... (Table of Contents / Abstracts)
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
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- List of Plates Foreword by Lawrence Freedman Preface PART I: SETTING THE AGENDA Stellar Forces The First Superbomb Project: The United States The Second Superbomb Project: The Soviet Union PART II: BRITAIN AND THE THERMONUCLEAR QUESTION What Must Britain Do? A General Instruction from the Government PART III: BRITAIN'S RESPONSE Aldermaston and the Weaponers The Megaton Mission Captain Cook's Coral Island Racing Against Time PART IV: THE PACIFIC TRIALS The First Trial: Grapple 'We Shall Have To Do It All Again': Grapple X Britain's Biggest Explosion: Grapple Y Mission Accomplished: Grapple Z PART V: A SPECIAL NUCLEAR RELATIONSHIP The Great Prize Some Questions and Answers Appendices Notes and References Select Bibliography Index.
- This book, written with unique access to official archives, tells the secret story of Britain's H-bomb - the scientific and strategic background, the government's policy decision, the work of the remarkable men who created the bomb, the four weapon trials at a remote Pacific atoll in 1957-58, and the historic consequences. -- This book, written with unique access to official archives, tells the secret story of Britain's H-bomb - the scientific and strategic background, the government's policy decision, the work of the remarkable men who created the bomb, the four weapon trials at a remote Pacific atoll in 1957-58, and the historic consequences.
- 'Lorna Arnold...is particulary successful in making the scientific issues of the nuclear project accessible to non-technical readers such as students in history, international relations and politics and she provides a highly informative account of a very important phase in Britain's nuclear history.' - Dan Keohane, Keele University '...an excellent book that sheds needed light on the world's third thermonuclear power.' - Jack M. Holl, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 'Britain and the H-Bomb tells the tale of the men who developed Britain's thermonuclear device through the drama of the tests in the Pacific. It does so with clarity and skill.' - Stuart Croft, Nature 'Britain and the H-Bomb is a valuable contribution to the history of the arms race, and deserves a wide readership.' - Peter Gissing, University of Sydney.
Ämnesord
- Hydrogen bomb -- Great Britain. (LCSH)
- History. (eflch)
- History: specific events & topics -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. (bicssc)
- Nuclear weapons -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. (bicssc)
- Defence strategy, planning & research -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. (bicssc)
- Great Britain -- Military policy. (LCSH)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Hydrogen bomb
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- HIS (ämneskategori)
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- Sf.07 (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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