Australia's bid for the atomic bomb

Title: Australia's bid for the atomic bomb
Creator: Reynolds, Wayne
Relation: http://catalogue.mup.com.au/978-0-522-84914-1.html
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Resource Type: book
Date: 2000
Description: This work is a fundamental rewriting of Australian history from 1943 to 1968. It argues that after World War II, Australian defence policy was premised on Joint nuclear weapons development with the United Kingdom; and that while this endeavour failed, it shaped domestic and foreign policy until the end of the 1950s. Nuclear weapons have traditionally been seen as American and British concerns, and various official histories have held that the development of rockets and atomic weapon testing were essentially British exercises. But author Wayne Reynolds reveals an entirely new perspective on Australia's role in these events. Australia's Bid for the Atomic Bomb examines the implications of this for major social, political and security issues and developments in Austalia's recent history.
Subject: Australian history; World War II; nuclear weapons; atomic bomb
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/31988
Identifier: uon:2880
Identifier: ISBN:0522849148
Language: eng