Building Alaska With The U S Army 1867 1962

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Building Alaska With The U S Army 1867 1962

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Author : United States. Alaskan Command
language : en
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Release Date : 1962

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Building Alaska With The U S Army 1867 1965

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Author : United States. Alaskan Command
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965

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Building Alaska With The U S Army 1867 1965

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language : en
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Release Date : 1965

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A History Of The North Pacific Division

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Author : Mary E. Reed
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

A History Of The North Pacific Division written by Mary E. Reed and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Flood control categories.

Monthly Catalog Of United States Government Publications

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language : en
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Release Date : 1963

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Amchitka And The Bomb

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Author : Dean W. Kohlhoff
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01

Amchitka And The Bomb written by Dean W. Kohlhoff and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with History categories.

More than a quarter-century has now passed since the United States set off the last of three underground atomic blasts in the remote wilderness of the Aleutian islands, off the coast of Alaska. Cannikin, as this third test was called, exploded as planned on November 6, 1971, on Amchitka Island. The first test, Project Long Shot (1965), was designed to determine whether the blast’s shock waves could be distinguished from earthquakes. Milrow, the second (1969), and Cannikin were part of the U.S. anti-ballistic missile development program. Amchitka and the Bomb looks at how these nuclear explosions were planned and conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission, in spite of vehement protests by political and civilian groups. In addition to demonstrating the feasibility of a new generation of weapons, the government defended the nuclear tests on Amchitka as providing U.S. presidents, and especially Richard Nixon, with negotiating power to force the Soviet Union to accept a satisfactory arms limitation agreement. Dean Kohlhoff traces the enormous environmental impact of the blasts on the Aleutian wildlife refuge system. He also examines the social and political fallout from the tests on Aleut civilian populations. As the tests inexorably went forward, an emerging environmental movement was galvanized to action. Passionate but ultimately futile attempts to stop the blasts were made by such nascent groups as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and the Wilderness Society. Although Alaskan Aleuts sued to halt Cannikin and environmental groups joined them for an injunction against the test, a split U.S. Supreme Court eventually approved the 5.1-megaton explosion. Amchitka and the Bomb tells a harrowing story of the struggle of private citizens and small environmental groups to counter the weight of the federal government. It adds immeasurably to our understanding of the nuclear history of the United States. Its concise interweaving of the military, scientific, economic, and social implications surrounding the nuclear explosions on Amchitka Island exposes the unpleasant consequences of allowing treasured national values to become victim to political necessity. Kohlhoff has contributed a vital chapter to Alaska's history and to the history of the American environmental movement.

Copper River Highway

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language : en
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Release Date : 1974

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Strength In The North

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Author : Truman R. Strobridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966

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Thousand Mile War

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Author : Brian Garfield
language : en
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Release Date : 2010-04-15

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The Thousand-Mile War, a powerful story of the battles of the United States and Japan on the bitter rim of the North Pacific, has been acclaimed as one of the great accounts of World War II. Brian Garfield, a novelist and screenwriter whose works have sold some 20 million copies, was searching for a new subject when he came upon the story of this "forgotten war" in Alaska. He found the history of the brave men who had served in the Aleutians so compelling and so little known that he wrote the first full-length history of the Aleutian campaign, and the book remains a favorite among Alaskans. The war in the Aleutians was fought in some of the worst climatic conditions on earth for men, ships, and airplanes. The sea was rough, the islands craggy and unwelcoming, and enemy number one was always the weather--the savage wind, fog, and rain of the Aleutian chain. The fog seemed to reach even into the minds of the military commanders on both sides, as they directed men into situations that so often had tragic results. Frustrating, befuddling, and still the subject of debate, the Aleutian campaign nevertheless marked an important turn of the war in favor of the United States. Now, half a century after the war ended, more of the fog has been lifted. In the updated University of Alaska Press edition, Garfield supplements his original account, which was drawn from statistics, personal interviews, letters, and diaries, with more recently declassified photographs and many more illustrations.

Operation Helping Hand

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Author : Truman R. Strobridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964

Operation Helping Hand written by Truman R. Strobridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964 categories.