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Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster
By GOLDSMITH, Connie
- ISBN
- 9781467716123 9781467725453
- Publisher
- Twenty-First Century
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2014 | Grades 5 and Up
Gr 7 Up—"As soon as the war ended, we located the one spot on Earth that hadn't been touched by war and blew it to hell" (Bob Hope, 1947). Thus begins this chronicle of the period after World War II when the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs over the Marshall Islands, specifically the Bikini and Enewetak Atolls. Three bombs are discussed in some detail—Able, Baker, and Bravo—but this is not a scien...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
This book offers a riveting tale of the aftermath of U.S. nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific. The tests themselves and the lives of th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
