In 1946, the United States began a series of nuclear tests on Bikini Atoll to determine the impact of atomic bombs. Delgado, a noted marine archaeologist with the National Park Service, visited Bikini in the late 1980s to explore and document the condition of the sunken ships. His work is more than an archaeological study; it is the history of the nuclear age. This book chronicles the development of the bomb, its deployment in Japan, the preparations for the tests, the attempted clean-up afterward, and the beginning of the Cold War.
- ISBN10 0824818644
- ISBN13 9780824818647
- Publish Date 1 December 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 February 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 216
- Language English