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Dropping Britains First H-bomb , The Story Of Operation Grapples 1957/58
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Time Period
- 20th Century
- Edition
- Collector's Edition, First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781844157471
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1844157474
ISBN-13
9781844157471
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69583180
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dropping Britain's First H-Bomb : Story of Operation Grapple 1957
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / Weapons, Europe / Great Britain / General, Military / Aviation
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Es handelt sich um eine im höchsten Maße erfreuliche Edition, der man nicht nur ein überzeugendes textologische Konzept, sondern auch stupende Akribie und Souveränität im Umgang mit der Materie bescheinigen darf. Der Textausgabe sind zahlreiche Käufer - wichtiger aber:- noch mehr Leser und der Schleiermacher-Edition ein glücklicher Fortgang zu wünschen."Johann Anselm Steiger in: Editionen der Kritik I/2005 "Mit KGA I/13, 1.2 liegt zweifellos der künftig verbindliche Text [...] des dogmatischen Hauptwerks von Schleiermacher vor. Vor allem in textkritischer Hinsicht wurde Großes geleistet."Gunther Wenz in: Theologische Revue 5/2005 "Die Edition ist ein Meilenstein der Schleiermacher-Forschung. Ihr kommt aber auch für die theologische Arbeit im weiteren Sinne eine außerordentliche Bedeutung zu, denn künftig wird allein sie die gültige Textgrundlage sein." Matthias Wolfes in:Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 1/2004
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
623.45119
Synopsis
On 15 May 1957 Vickers Valiant V-Bomber X.D.818 under the command of Wg. Cdr. Kenneth Hubbard, O.C. 49 Squadron R.A.F., dropped Britain's first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcast to the world that the UK had the resolve and the capability to protect her own democracy and that of her Commonwealth. It was a major breakthrough that ensured Britain maintained her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations and other corridors of world power, and in the ensuing years provide Britain's deterrent throughout the decades of the Cold War.The theme of this book is to explain how the R.A.F. selected and trained the crews who would be responsible for the precision dropping of the several weapons that would detonate during Grapple. It also provides a complete background to the parts played by all other services during this unique period in British history., On 15 May 1957 Vickers Valiant V-Bomber X.D.818 under the command of Wg. Cdr. Kenneth Hubbard, O.C. 49 Squadron R.A.F., dropped Britain's first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcast to the world that the UK had the resolve and the capability to protect her own democracy and that of her Commonwealth. It was a major breakthrough that ensured Britain maintained her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations and other corridors of world power, and in the ensuing years provide Britain's deterrent throughout the decades of the Cold War. The theme of this book is to explain how the R.A.F. selected and trained the crews who would be responsible for the precision dropping of the several weapons that would detonate during Grapple. It also provides a complete background to the parts played by all other services during this unique period in British history.
LC Classification Number
UG1282.A8
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