Britain and the H-bomb by Lorna Arnold, Palgrave, £15.99, ISBN
0333947428
THE British nuclear weapons factory at Aldermaston in Berkshire was not, says
Lorna Arnold, “a natural home for chauvinists, warmongers or Dr Strangeloves”.
Its scientists were “heroes”, its chemists and engineers “brilliant”—even
their wives were “warm-hearted”, says Arnold.
Britain and the H-bomb—as you would expect from Britain’s official
nuclear historian—is a clear, detailed and authoritative history of the
most destructive weapon ever invented. But with the copyright retained by the
Ministry of Defence, it is not exactly a critical appraisal.
It does confirm, though, that the…
