Day of Two Suns: U.S. Nuclear Testing and the Pacific Islanders

by Jane Dibblin

Overview

...a most disturbing portrait of the effects of nuclear weapons testing on the people of Micronesia...-Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461732709
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/21/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	318
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jane Dibblin has written for numerous publications including the New Statesman, The Nation, The Observer, and Spare Rib. She was deputy editor of the Journal of European Nuclear Disarmament, and has long been active in both the women's movement and the peace movement. A special interest in the Pacific led her to the Marshall Islands for this, her first book.

Editorial Reviews

A well-researched study of the continuing effects on the Islanders of the 66 nuclear arms tests conducted there during the early 1950s. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Day of Two Suns gives light as well as heat…. Her book is a real achievement.

The Observor

Dibblin’s well-researched and well-written book brings out the human dimension of the nuclear testing issue.

City Limits

The reader feels in the presence of thoughtful individuals…they bear witness to the folly of nuclear weaponry.

The New York Times

Both analytical and humanistic. Highly recommended.

Shelley Anderson

A well-researched study.

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