- Lorna Arnold
Lorna Arnold is a historian who has written a number of books connected with the British
nuclear weapons programmes.As the second official historian of the British nuclear weapons programmes, she has had access to previously secret documents and personally knew many of the people involved.
As of mid 2008, she is 92 years old, allegedly nearly blind (though one would not know), and still writing, with sharp contributions to the intelligence/historical community debate, as evinced by her contributions to recent meetings (e.g. the Oxford Intellience Group 17 June 2008).
Published works
* (1974). "Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945-52: Volume 1: Policy Making". (With
Margaret Gowing ). London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-15781-8.
* (1974). "Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945-52: Volume 2: Policy Execution". (WithMargaret Gowing ). London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-16695-7.
* (1987). "A Very Special Relationship: British Atomic Weapon Trials in Australia". London: HMSO Books. ISBN 0-11-772412-2.
* "Britain and the H-bomb
* Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath (International Papers in Political Economy) (with Mark Smith)
* Windscale 1957: Anatomy of a Nuclear AccidentExternal links
* Article in
New Statesman on Lorna Arnold and her work [http://www.newstatesman.com/200612110015]
* Article by Lorna Arnold reflecting on the Windscale fire [http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0952-4746/20/3/001]
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