Bombing the Marshall Islands

Released on by Keith M. Parsons
preview-18

  • Bombing the Marshall Islands Book Detail

  • Author : Keith M. Parsons
  • Release Date : 2017-07-26
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 251
  • ISBN 13 : 110850874X
  • File Size : 22,22 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Bombing the Marshall Islands by Keith M. Parsons PDF Summary

Book Description: 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.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Bombing the Marshall Islands books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Bombing the Marshall Islands

Bombing the Marshall Islands

File Size : 36,36 MB
Total View : 8412 Views
DOWNLOAD

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

Blown to Hell

Blown to Hell

File Size : 68,68 MB
Total View : 1250 Views
DOWNLOAD

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist exposes the sixty-seven US nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands that decimated a people and their land. The most importan

Children of the Atomic Bomb

Children of the Atomic Bomb

File Size : 68,68 MB
Total View : 6346 Views
DOWNLOAD

Children of the Atomic Bomb is Dr. Yamazaki's account of a lifelong effort to understand and document the impact of nuclear explosions on children, particularly