Australia's Bid For The Atomic Bomb

By: Reynolds Wayne

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Paperback | 3 May 2024 | Edition Number 1

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This important work reveals that Australian post-war defence policy was based on plans for joint nuclear weapons development between Australia and the United Kingdom.

This very important work is a fundamental rewriting of Australian history from 1943 to 1968. It argues that after World War II, Australian defence policy was premised on Joint nuclear weapons development with the United Kingdom; and that while this endeavour failed, it shaped domestic and foreign policy until the end of the 1950s.

Nuclear weapons have traditionally been seen as American and British concerns, and various official histories have held that the development of rockets and atomic weapon testing were essentially British exercises. But author Wayne Reynolds reveals an entirely new perspective on Australia's role in these events.

Australia's Bid for the Atomic Bomb examines the implications of this for major social, political and security issues and developments in Austalia's recent history.

This work will arouse considerable media interest, and will appeal to anyone interested in Australia's political and military history.

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"An important, thought-provoking and well-written book which sheds new light on Australia's postwar defence policies and the ways in which the development of atomic weapons impinged on Australia's relations with Britian and the US." --"Australian Historical Studies"

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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Conversions
Introduction	p. 1
The Starting Point	p. 5
Australia Embraces the Fourth Empire	p. 25
Australia's Manhattan Programme	p. 48
An Australian Atomic Bomber Force	p. 70
The 'Problem' of Australian Security	p. 92
Playing the Empire Card	p. 116
Lucas Heights, Maralinga and Atomic Strategy in Asia	p. 138
Suez and the Restoration of Anglo-American Co-operation	p. 162
The End of Empire Defence	p. 184
Beyond the Fourth Empire	p. 211
Notes	p. 219
Select Bibliography	p. 251
Index	p. 267
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Australia's Bid For The Atomic Bomb

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