Nukespeak

{{Short description|1982 book by Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell and Rory O'Connor}}

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| name = Nukespeak

| image = File:NUKESPEAK_book_cover.jpg

| caption = Paperback edition

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| author = Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell, Rory O'Connor

| title_orig = Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions, and Mindset

| country = United States

| language = English

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| subject = language and nuclear weapons and nuclear power

| published = 1982

| media_type = Book

| pages = 282

| awards = National Council of Teachers of English 1982 "George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language "

| isbn = 9780140066845

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| pub_date = 1982

| publisher = Penguin (paperback) Sierra Club Books (hardback)

| image_caption = Penguin paperback cover

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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".{{cite web |title=BOOKS OF THE TIMES (Published 1982) |website=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014205541/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/08/books/books-of-the-times-015994.html |archive-date=2018-10-14 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/08/books/books-of-the-times-015994.html}}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.

The National Council of Teachers of English gave the book's authors an Orwell Award in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Involved/Volunteer/Appointed%20Groups/Past_Recipients_Orwell_Award.pdf|title=Past Recipients of the NCTE Orwell Award|publisher=National Council of Teachers of English|accessdate=2009-06-11|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326134658/http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Involved/Volunteer/Appointed%20Groups/Past_Recipients_Orwell_Award.pdf|archivedate=2009-03-26}}