Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath (International Papers in Political Economy) - Softcover

Arnold, L.; Smith, M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403921024 ISBN 13: 9781403921024

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Synopsis

Britain, Australia and the Bomb tells the story of the unique partnership between the two countries to develop nuclear weapons in the 1940s and 1950s. This new edition includes fresh evidence about the weapons under development, the effects of the tests on participants, and the recent clean-up of the testing range.

About this title

About the Author:

LORNA ARNOLD OBE is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Fellow of the Institute of Contemporary British History. She is author of Britain and the H-Bomb (2001) and Windscale 1957: Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident.

MARK SMITH works in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Wales, Swansea, UK, where he specializes in British nuclear history and ballistic missile proliferation. Prior to arriving at Swansea, he was a Research Fellow at the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton, UK.

Review:

'This compelling book gives an authoritative and admirably lucid account of British nuclear tests in Australia in the 1950s and provides an invaluable guide to the environmental and health consequences of those tests. It is very good to have it reissued and brought up to date.' - David Holloway, Stanford University, USA

'It is written in a very clear and readable style, and is well worth reading for interest alone...It provides an essential and authoritative reference for anyone seriously interested in the nuclear tests and the subsequent controversies' - Professor Chris Hamer, Journal of Contemporary History

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1403921024
• ISBN 13: 9781403921024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336