Bombing the Marshall Islands a Cold War tragedy

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 Br...

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Hauptverfasser:	Parsons, Keith M. 1952- (VerfasserIn), Zaballa, Robert A. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1946-1958 Kernwaffentest Ost-West-Konflikt Marshallinseln Cold War Nuclear weapons / Testing / Political aspects Nuclear weapons testing victims / Marshall Islands Nuclear weapons / United States / Testing / History Nuclear weapons / Marshall Islands / Testing Nuclear weapons ; Marshall Islands ; Testing Nuclear weapons ; United States ; Testing ; History Nuclear weapons testing victims ; Marshall Islands Nuclear weapons ; Testing ; Political aspects
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