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AbstractDrawing from the post‐structuralist discourse theory ofLaclau andMouffe and corpus linguistics techniques, we deconstruct the discursive strategies of theU.S.AtomicEnergyCommission (AEC) during the era of continental atmospheric atomic testing in southernNevada. The data consist ofAECpamphlets distributed in the "downwind" communities in 1953, 1955, and 1957 coincident with major test series. We illustrate discursive dominance hinged on the invocation of national security and instrumental rationality as key signifiers and portrayal of radioactive fallout as natural, ubiquitous, and controllable. Further,AECdiscourse was predicated upon casting officials in a paternalistic role and residents of the rural communities downwind as best served though acquiescence toAECauthority and expertise. We conclude by highlighting the empirical evidence regarding the deleterious health effects of atmospheric atomic testing between 1951 and 1962 and argue examination ofAECdiscursive hegemony offers important lessons applicable to contemporary socio‐technical controversies.

Cover -- The Rhetoric of Outrage -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Outrage Theory -- Two. Affective Outrage -- Three. Technological Outrage -- Four. Digital Outragicity -- Five. Photographic Outrage -- Six. Algorithmic Outrage -- Seven. Enthymemic Outrage -- Eight. Epideictic Outrage -- Nine. The Discourse: An Outrage Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.

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