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Atomic testing in Mississippi : Project Dribble and the quest for nuclear weapons treaty verification in the Cold War era
- Title
- Atomic testing in Mississippi : Project Dribble and the quest for nuclear weapons treaty verification in the Cold War era / David Allen Burke.
- Author
- Burke, David Allen, 1967-
- Publication
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 194 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Project Dribble and the quest for nuclear weapons treaty verification in the Cold War era
- Subjects
- Underground nuclear explosions > Mississippi > History
- Underground nuclear explosions > Detection > Research > History
- Project Dribble ; > Salmon Event ; > Salmon Site ; > Tatum Salt Dome ; > Vela Uniform
- Nuclear weapons > Testing > Detection > Research > History
- Lamar County, Mississippi > History > 20th century
- Nuclear arms control > Verification > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: I had no idea -- Humble origins -- Timber, oil, and atoms -- The road to Dribble -- Cowboy and the big hole theory -- MITRC, MCEC, and the Tatum Decision -- Salmon Run -- Shoot that damn thing -- A silver lining and a Miracle Play -- Nuclear waste -- Conclusion: costly success.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-6132
- ISBN
- 9780807145838 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807145831 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807145845 (pdf)
- 080714584X (pdf)
- 9780807145852 (epub)
- 0807145858 (epub)
- 9780807145869 (mobi)
- 0807145866 (mobi)
- LCCN
- 2012006530
- OCLC
- YBP 2012006530
- Author
- Burke, David Allen, 1967-
- Title
- Atomic testing in Mississippi : Project Dribble and the quest for nuclear weapons treaty verification in the Cold War era / David Allen Burke.
- Imprint
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Indexed Term
- Project Dribble ; Salmon Event ; Salmon Site ; Tatum Salt Dome ; Vela Uniform
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-6132