{"product_id":"9780970167859","title":"Operation Crossroads - Lest We Forget!: An Eyewitness Account, Bikini Atomic Bomb Tests 1946","description":"Atomic Vet Recalls the Bikini Bomb Tests 70 Years Ago \u003cp\u003eIn July 1946, millions of people around the world waited anxiously by their radios for broadcasts of the results of the first postwar atomic bomb tests code-named Operation CROSSROADS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the words of Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, USN, Commander of Joint Task Force-One: \"In the face of this new knowledge, these recently discovered truths concerning the atom, so suddenly thrust upon an already chaotic world, not only warfare but civilization itself literally stands by the Crossroads-hence the name of this Operation.\" No one knew what to expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam L. McGee, Gunner's Mate in the U.S. Navy, witnessed Crossroads from the heavy cruiser USS Fall River (CA131), Flagship for the Target Fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo mark the 70th anniversary of Crossroads, McGee shares his personal account in \"Operation Crossroads - Lest We Forget! An Eyewitness Account, Bikini Atomic Bomb Tests 1946.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The subject is timely. I wrote this book to help preserve a part of history few know about today. When I was writing the Preface, the Nuclear Security Summit was wrapping up in April in Washington, D.C., and clearly reinforced the nuclear threats in the world today,\" says McGee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA noted WWII military historian known for a spare and straightforward writing style, McGee tells the reader what it was like to be at what scientists considered the most significant event of the twentieth century-from the plan that was comparable to a major wartime battle plan, to the build-up, the rehearsals, the tests, and to the all-important later lessons learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Visible were the results of the bombs' explosions; invisible were the devastating effects of the bombs' radiation on man, animal, and ships-that no one saw coming,\" says McGee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e59 black\/white photographs and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BMC Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785477791984,"sku":"9780970167859","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780970167859","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}