Reflections of a Nuclear Weaponeer

Colorado Springs, CO: Shelton Enterprise, Inc., 1988. First Edition [stated]. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. This book has become extremely rare. Format is approximately 9 inches by 11 inches. Various paginations (approximately 2.5 inches thick). Indexes. References. Appendices. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrations/Figures. Footnotes. Frank H. Shelton graduated from Caltech with a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics. As a nuclear physicist, he was employed at the Sandia Corporation in New Mexico and was involved in nuclear weapons tests in Nevada and the Pacific. Frank was the Deputy Technical Director for the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project at the Pentagon. He was a Defense Department atomic expert and was responsible for developing military requirements for atomic weapons and for conducting atomic tests. In Colorado Springs, he was Vice President and Chief Scientist for Kaman Sciences. He was also a consultant for ITT. In 1997, he was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award from the Defense Special Weapons Agency. He was a WWII Veteran. He authored numerous books pertaining to nuclear weapons. The chapters in this memoir are: Manhattan Project, Operation Crossroads, Operation Sandstone, Operation Greenhouse, Operation Ivy, Operation Castle, Operation Redwing, Operation Plumbbob, Operation Hardtack, Testing Moratorium, A Return To Testing, and The Limited Test Ban Treaty. This book is an historical account of nuclear weapons development and testing, in which this 12-chapter book spans chronologically the history from early pre-Manhattan days to the time of publication. It contains 400 figures, of which 100 pictures are in color. About 2,000 names occur in personnel indices. Each chapter is written at five levels of nuclear weapons activities: world events; politics in Washington, D.C.; developments at Los Alamos and Livermore; test operations in Nevada and the Pacific; and, where appropriate, participation of the author. During his forty-year career in nuclear weapons and testing, he watched more than 65 atmospheric detonations, many in the multi-megaton range. He also participated in the 1956 British nuclear weapons tests in Australia. Lord Penney - former Director of British nuclear weapons programs - "I found the book extremely interesting because it is by a technical man who knows the technical side and sees all the other sides (national politics, international politics, security, etc.). There is a great deal in the book that is not to be found anywhere else, and it will therefore be a source of information and of reference for a long time." Condition: Very good.

Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Atmospheric Tests, Manhattan Project, Operation Crossroads, Operation Sandstone, Operation Greenhouse, Operation Ivy, Operation Castle, Operation Redwing, Operation Plumbbob, Operation Hardtack, Testing Moratorium, Limited Test Ban T

ISBN: 1881816028

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Price: $15,000.00

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