Author | : Theodore Rockwell |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Admirals |
ISBN | : 0595252702 |
Originally published: [Annapolis, Md.]: Naval Institute Press, c1992.
Author | : Theodore Rockwell |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Admirals |
ISBN | : 0595252702 |
Originally published: [Annapolis, Md.]: Naval Institute Press, c1992.
Author | : Thomas B. Allen |
Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1612340695 |
Hyman G. Rickover was not long removed from his Jewish roots in Poland when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. After a respectable career spent mostly in unglamorous submarine and engineering billets, he took command of the U.S. Navy's nuclear propulsion program and revived his career, being retired--involuntarily--some thirty years later in early 1982. He was not only the architect of the nuclear Navy but also its builder. In the process, he erected a network of power and influence that rivaled those who were elected to high office, and that protected him from them when his controversial methods became objectionable or, as critics would suggest, undermined the nation's vital interests. Authors Thomas B. Allen and Norman Polmar, whose full-length biography of Rickover (in manuscript in 1981) was consulted by the Reagan Administration during the decision to remove him from active duty, are eminently qualified to write an essential treatment on the controversial genius of Admiral Rickover.
Author | : David R Oliver |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2014-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612517838 |
Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm. Hyman Rickover made a unique impact on American and Navy culture. Dave Oliver is the first former nuclear submarine commander who sailed for the venerable admiral to write about Rickover’s management techniques. Oliver draws upon a wealth of untold stories to show how one man changed American and Navy culture while altering the course of history. The driving force behind America’s nuclear submarine navy, Rickover revolutionized naval warfare while concurrently proving to be a wellspring of innovation that drove American technology in the latter half of the twentieth-century. As a testament to his success, Rickover’s single-minded focus on safety protected both American citizens and sailors from nuclear contamination, a record that is in stark contrast to the dozens of nuclear reactor accidents suffered by the Russians. While Rickover has been the subject of a number of biographies, little has been written about his unique management practices that changed the culture of a two-hundred-year-old institution and affected the outcome of the Cold War. Rickover’s achievements have been obscured because they were largely conducted in secret and because he possessed a demanding and abrasive personality that alienated many potential supporters. Nevertheless he was an extraordinary manager with significant lessons for all those in decision-making positions. The author had the good fortune to know and to serve under Rickover during much of his thirty-year career in the Navy and is singularly qualified to demonstrate the management and leadership principles behind Rickover’s success.
Author | : Francis Duncan |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
An official Atomic Energy Commission historian assigned to Admiral Rickover's office, Duncan draws on files, documents, and interviews to chronicle the introduction of nuclear powered ships into the US Navy. Covers the period from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Patrick Tyler |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Like an Indecent Exposure of the defense industry, Running Critical is an expose of the General Dynamics scandal told by the only reporter who had exclusive access to the secret documents of both General Dynamics and the U.S. Navy. 16-page photo insert.
Author | : Hyman George Rickover |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780894485770 |
Author | : Richard Rhodes |
Publisher | : Viking Adult |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Rhodes posits that nuclear power affords the safest, cheapest, and cleanest energy available.
Author | : Michael Junge |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2018-07-19 |
Genre | : Command of troops |
ISBN | : 9781721230068 |
Crimes of Command illuminates the Navy's changed understanding of responsibility, accountability, and culpability from the end of World War II until today. From the ship that delivered the atomic bomb but lost 800 sailors to sharks, through Tailhook and the drunken debauchery that marked a generation of officers, to the 2017 Pacific Fleet collisions that took seventeen lives this story shows how the Navy's treasured ideal of accountability is a tradition without substance, a well-meaning concept romanticized by the inexperienced and used to maintain control over the Navy and it's heritage. This is the story of how one of the Nation's most revered institutions lost its way and the plan to get her back on track.