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Bombing the Marshall Islands : A Cold War Tragedy by Robert A. Zaballa and Keith M. Parsons (2017, Trade Paperback)

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107697905
ISBN-13
9781107697904
eBay Product ID (ePID)
236918605

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
248 Pages
Publication Name
Bombing the Marshall Islands : a Cold War Tragedy
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Modern / 20th Century
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Author
Robert A. Zaballa, Keith M. Parsons
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2017-006124
Reviews
Advance praise: 'Philosopher Keith M. Parsons and physicist Robert Zaballa have teamed up not only to write a brilliant narrative of the nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, with a focus on the events experienced by the participants, but also a thoughtful meditation on contrasting historical claims, endorsing the ones that seem most reasonable to them.' Joseph M. Siracusa, The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Australia, and co-author of A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
623.451190287
Table Of Content
Introduction. Sunrise in the West: snow in the tropics; 1. Operation crossroads: the World's first nuclear disaster; 2. The coming of the 'Super'; 3. Runaway bomb; 4. The victims of Bravo; 5. Monsters and movements: the cultural 'Fallout' of nuclear testing; 6. Bikini postmortem I: public perceptions and official obsessions; 7. Bikini postmortem II: nuclear policy and nuclear tests; Epilogue. Back to Bikini?; Appendix 1. Ultimate weapons; Appendix 2. Radiation exposure, dosage, and its biomedical effects; Notes; Bibliography.
Synopsis
During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of thermonuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. By telling this fascinating but disturbing story, Keith M. Parsons and Robert Zaballa illustrate what happens when ultimate power falls into the hands of very frightened people., During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. The total explosive yield of these tests was 108 megatons, equivalent to the detonation of one Hiroshima bomb per day over nineteen years. These tests, particularly Castle Bravo, the largest one, had tragic consequences, including the irradiation of innocent people and the permanent displacement of many native Marshallese. Keith M. Parsons and Robert Zaballa tell the story of the development and testing of thermonuclear weapons and the effects of these tests on their victims and on the popular and intellectual culture. These events are also situated in their Cold War context and explained in terms of the prevailing hopes, fears, and beliefs of that age. In particular, the narrative highlights the obsessions and priorities of top American officials, such as Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
LC Classification Number
DU710.P39 2017

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