Amchitka and the bomb : nuclear testing in Alaska /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kohlhoff, Dean
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press ©2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvcwnvzg
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.