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Author Kohlhoff, Dean.

Title Amchitka and the bomb : nuclear testing in Alaska / Dean W. Kohlhoff
Published Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 166 pages) : maps
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Among the many islands -- On an anvil of war -- Before a mighty windstorm -- Nuclear Alaska -- Under Rufus & Larkspur Scrutiny -- During a long shot -- Through Milrow calibration -- Safeguard security -- Amid more Cannikin controversy -- Beyond the last bomb
Summary From 1965 through 1971, the US set off three underground atomic blasts in the remote wilderness of the Aleutian islands off the coast of Alaska. Detailing how these nuclear explosions were planned and conducted in spite of protests by political and civilian groups, this book traces the environmental impact of the blasts on the Aleutian wildlife refuge system and examines the social and political fallout from the tests on Aleut civilian populations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-156) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Alaska -- Amchitka Island -- Testing
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska -- Amchitka Island
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Nuclear weapons -- Testing
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects
Politics and government
Kernwaffentest
Politik
Radioaktiver Niederschlag
Umwelt
Geschichte 1965-1971.
Geschichte 1945-1989.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467
Amchitka Island (Alaska) -- History -- 20th century
Subject Alaska -- Amchitka Island
United States
Amchitka Island
Alaska
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021694714
ISBN 9780295800509
029580050X
0295982551
9780295982557