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Poisoned Reign. French nuclear colonialism in the Pacific
| Author | Bengt & Marie-Therese Danielsson |
| Date | 1986 |
| Classification | 4.26.8.00/09 (PACIFIC - FRENCH TESTING AREA) |
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From the publication:
Since 1966, France has used Moruroa, a small atoll in the Pacific, as the testing site for its nuclear bombs - despite opposition from both the Polynesian people and nations throughout the world. In the meantime, levels of radioactive fall-out and sea contamination, and the extent of damage to Moruroa itself, have remained a closely-guarded military secret. Poisoned Reign traces the history of French nuclear involvement in the Pacific. It also shows how the tests have been used to strengthen colonial rule in French Polynesia - and this at a time when all British colonies in the Pacific have won their independence. Bengt and Marie-Therese Danielsson, who have carried out anthropological researches in the Pacific and lived in Tahiti since 1949, have personally witnessed many of the events in this book, and have made careful use of documentary material. The result is a damning expose of French nuclear colonialism. First published in 1911 under the title Moruroa, Mon Amour, this enlarged, updated edition includes a foreword by Chris Masters, who investigated the Rainbow Warrior affair in his award-winning documentary, 'French Connections.'
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