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Book SynopsisBetween 1946 and 1958, the U.S. conducted some 66 nuclear bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. In 1959, this scattering of coral atolls was again chosen as the testing site for a new generation of weaponslong-range missiles fired in the U.S. Then in 1984 a missile fired from California was intercepted by one from Kwajalein atoll: SDI, or Star Wars, was declared a realizable dream. As military researcher Owen Wilkes has noted: If we could shut down the Pacific Missile Range, we could cut off half the momentum of the nuclear race. This is the story of the preparations for war which every day impinge on tire lives of Pacific Islanders caught on the cutting edge of the nuclear arms race. It is the story of a displaced people contaminated by nuclear fallout, forcibly resettled as their own islands become uninhabitable, and reduced to lives of poverty, ill-health, and dependence. It is also a stirring account of the Marshall Islanders themselves, of their resilience and protest, and of their
Trade ReviewThe reader feels in the presence of thoughtful individuals…they bear witness to the folly of nuclear weaponry. * The New York Times *
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 *
Both analytical and humanistic. Highly recommended. -- Shelley Anderson
A well-researched study. * Scitech Book News *
