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Bombing the Marshall Islands - A Cold War Tragedy (Hardcover)
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Bombing the Marshall Islands - A Cold War Tragedy (Hardcover)
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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.
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