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The Secret of Emu Field - Britain's forgotten atomic tests in Australia (Paperback) Loot Price: R617
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The Secret of Emu Field - Britain's forgotten atomic tests in Australia (Paperback): Elizabeth Tynan

The Secret of Emu Field - Britain's forgotten atomic tests in Australia (Paperback)

Elizabeth Tynan

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Emu Field is overshadowed by Maralinga, the larger and much more prominent British atomic test site about 193 kilometres to the south. But Emu Field has its own secrets, and the fact that it was largely forgotten makes it more intriguing. Only at Emu Field did a terrifying black mist speed across the land after an atomic bomb detonation, bringing death and sickness to Aboriginal populations in its path. Emu Field was difficult and inaccessible. So why did the British go there at all, when they knew that they wouldn't stay? What happened to the air force crew who flew through the atomic clouds? And why is Emu Field considered the 'Marie Celeste' of atomic test sites, abandoned quickly after the expense and effort of setting it up? Elizabeth Tynan, the award-winning author of Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story, reveals a story of a cataclysmic collision between an ancient Aboriginal land and the post-war Britain of Winston Churchill and his gung-ho scientific advisor Frederick Lindemann. The presence of local A?angu people did not interfere with Churchill's geopolitical aims and they are still paying the price. The British undertook Operation Totem at Emu Field under cover of extreme remoteness and secrecy, a shroud of mystery that continues to this day.

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Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Country of origin: Australia
Release date: May 2022
Authors: Elizabeth Tynan
Dimensions: 210 x 135mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 978-1-74223-695-7
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Nuclear issues
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 1-74223-695-2
Barcode: 9781742236957

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