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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/753874620 Title: Britain and the H-bomb Author: Lorna Arnold; Katherine Pyne Publisher: Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave, 2001. ISBN/ISSN: 023059977X 9780230599772 OCLC:753874620

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Britain and the H-bomb

Author:	Lorna Arnold; Katherine Pyne
Publisher:	Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Document Computer File : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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.
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Subjects	Hydrogen bomb -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- Military policy. Military Science. View all subjects
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Material Type:	Document
Document Type:	Book, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Lorna Arnold; Katherine Pyne Find more information about:
ISBN:	023059977X 9780230599772
OCLC Number:	753874620
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 273 p., [12] p. of plates) : illustrations, maps
Contents:	Foreword / 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.
Responsibility:	Lorna Arnold with Katherine Pyne ; foreword by Lawrence Freedman.

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