Nukespeak

Nukespeak
Author Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell , Rory O'Connor
Subject Nuclear power
Published 1982
Pages 282
ISBN 9780140066845

Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions and Mindset is a 1982 book by Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell and Rory O'Connor. This book is a concise history of nuclear weapons and nuclear power in the United States, with special emphasis on the language of the "nuclear mindset".[1][2]

The National Council of Teachers of English gave the book's authors an Orwell Award in 1982.[3]

See also

References

  1. Books of the Times
  2. Gerald H. Clarfield and William M. Wiecek (1984). Nuclear America: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940-1980, Harper & Row, New York, p. 471.
  3. "Past Recipients of the NCTE Orwell Award" (PDF). National Council of Teachers of English. Retrieved 2009-06-11.


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