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Beyond Belief

Beyond Belief

The British bomb tests: Australia's veterans speak out

Roger Cross, Avon Hudson

In Beyond Belief, Roger Cross and Avon Hudson give a long-ignored voice to the veterans of the British atomic bomb tests conducted in Australia during the 1950s and 1960s. Their chilling stories raise many disturbing questions, both about what happened then, and the effects on their lives in the decades that have passed. Successive British and Australian governments denied their understanding of the dangers of ionising radiation in the 1950s. But the government scientists employed to monitor the tests were given protective clothing. The servicemen were left unprotected, given radiation-measuring devices and exposed to a simulated theatre of nuclear war. They trusted their government and the appointed Safety Committee, only to be left with a tragic legacy for their children and grandchildren.

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Roger Cross and his wife Jennifer moved to the mid north of South Australia on his retirement from the University of Melbourne. As a senior lecturer he was involved in the science education programmes at the University. His research interest into the nature and social aspects of science led to the publication of the highly successful book Fallout: Hedley Marston and the British Atomic Bomb Tests in Australia (published by Wakefield Press, 2001) which was used as the basis of the Film Australia documentary Silent Storm. Apart from numerous educational publications, he is a co-author (with Avon Hudson) of Beyond Belief: The British Bomb Tests: Australia's veterans speak out.

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Avon Hudson is a long-time campaigner for a just solution to the human problems caused by the British atomic bomb tests. He served at Maralinga during some of the disastrous Minor Trials, he has intimate first-hand knowledge of the effects of radiation on human health.

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ISBN   9781862546608
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IMAGES   Greyscale illustrations
PAGE COUNT   224
DIMENSIONS   210 x 135 mm