Training and Deployment of America's Nuclear Cold Warriors in Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2134990 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Rabson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466022019325 |
| OpenAlex | W4408533478 |
| Language | EN |
The book presents personal accounts by veterans of an Army nuclear weapons storage base in Henoko Village, Okinawa during the 1960's in the context of nuclear weapons history, Cold War tensions, and the proposal to use them in Vietnam. They describe their entrances into the Army, training, leave times, re-entry into civilian life, and illnesses associated with radiation exposure three of them later suffered, one of whom died in 2015
Cold war · Geography · Meteorology · Operating system · Political science · Software deployment · Computer Science · History · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |