Maralinga; The Chilling Expose Of Our Secret Nuclear Shame & Betrayal Of Our Troops & Country

Hachette, Melbourne, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. location of key places and tests sites, direction of fallout, three appendices, end notes, bibliography, acknowledgements and index stop between pages 132 and 133 there are eight pages of black-and-white and colour photographs stop photographic paperback binding with gray and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "During the Menzies era, with the blessing of the Prime Minister, the British government exploded twelve atomic bombs on Australian soil. RAAF pilots were ordered to fly into nuclear mushroom clouds, soldiers told to walk into radioactive ground zero, sailors retrieve highly contaminated debris – none of them aware of the dangers they faced. But the trail didn't end with the servicemen. Secret monitoring stations were set up around the country to measure radiation levels and a clandestinely decades-long project stole bones from dead babies to see how much fallout had contaminated their bodies – their grieving parents were never told." – from the rear panel blurb. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and panels. Size: Trade Paperback. [8], IX - XII, 340 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; nuclear testing; Australia; 1950s; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0733631908. ISBN/EAN: 9780733631900. Inventory No: 0127862. . 9780733631900