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Amchitka and the bomb : nuclear testing in Alaska / Dean W. Kohlhoff.

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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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kohlhoff, Dean
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Alaska > Amchitka Island > Testing.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Environmental aspects > Alaska > Amchitka Island.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Amchitka Island (Alaska) > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Testing.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Environmental aspects.
Politics and government
Alaska > Amchitka Island.
United States.
History.
Table of 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.

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