Title Australia's bid for the atomic bomb / Wayne Reynolds

Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2000

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	994.05 Rey/Abf		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	994.05 Rey/Abf		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 284 pages ; 22 cm Contents 1. The Starting Point -- 2. Australia Embraces the Fourth Empire -- 3. Australia's Manhattan Programme -- 4. An Australian Atomic Bomber Force -- 5. The 'Problem' of Australian Security -- 6. Playing the Empire Card -- 7. Lucas Heights, Maralinga and Atomic Strategy in Asia -- 8. Suez and the Restoration of Anglo-American Co-operation -- 9. The End of Empire Defence -- Beyond the Fourth Empire Analysis Australian Defence Force Defence alliances Federal issue Great Britain History, 1946-1969 Nuclear weapons Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 251-266 Subject Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- History. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Defences -- History Australia -- Defenses http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114307 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Defenses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114307 Australia -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009590 LC no. 2001339268 ISBN 0522849148 (paperback)

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