SubjectMilitary / Nuclear Warfare, Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / General, Security (National & International)
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorDouglas Holdstock
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2003-007110
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal355.8251191
Table Of Content1. British Nuclear Weapons Policy 2. Legality of British Nuclear Weapons 3. The Nuclear Battlefield 4. My First Trip to Ground Zero 5. Why I Rejected Nuclear Weapons 6. Resisting the British Bomb: The early years 7. The 1980s 8. Recent Times 9. British Nuclear Tests and the Indigenous people of Australia 10. Cleaning-Up Maralinga 11. Long-term Health Effects in UK Test Veterans 12. Health Effects at Home 13. Nuclear Terrorism: Today's nuclear threat 14. An End to British Nuclear Weapons?
SynopsisThe first British nuclear weapon test took place in Australia in October 1952 and British nuclear weapons have been a source of controversy ever since. In this book, scientists, doctors, peace researchers and others assess the military value, political impact, health effects and legality of the programme and tell the story of opposition to successive generations of weapons. With the future of Trident soon to come under review, this book questions whether British nuclear weapons should have a future., In this book, scientists, doctors, peace researchers and others assess the military value, political impact, health effects and legality of the British Nuclear Weapons programme., The first British nuclear weapon test took place in Australia in October 1952. British nuclear weapons have been a source of controversy ever since. In this book, scientists, doctors, researchers and others assess the military value, political impact, health effects and legality of the programme.