Nic Maclellan’s Grappling with the Bomb is a thorough examination of British nuclear weapons policy as it played out in the Pacific Ocean. The history of Operation Grapple, the first British hydrogen bomb tests conducted in 1957 and 1958 in several of its Pacific colonial possessions, has been told before. This book, however, brings the residents of these islands, the veterans of the military operations, and others involved in or affected by these tests, into the foreground. In doing so, it highlights a history of victimhood that spans the Pacific region. The research that underpins this book, including British Colonial Office files, oral histories, legal records, and much more, adds an abundance of valuable data to an already rich—and tragic—history of exploitation, resistance, and human and environmental catastrophe that lingers into the present
History
Publication title
Peace and Change
Volume
43
Pagination
375-377
ISSN
0149-0508
Department/School
College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Place of publication
United States
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Understanding past societies not elsewhere classified