Britain and the H-Bomb

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.

Author: L. Arnold
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/06/2001
Pages: 273
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.46w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780312235185

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2001 pg. 705
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 248

About the Author
LORNA ARNOLD OBE is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Fellow of the Institute of Contemporary British History. She is author of A Very Special Relationship: British Weapon Trials in Australia (1987) and Windscale 1957: Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident.