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Overview"An inside overview of Admiral Hyman Rickover's nuclear propulsion program. The author, an Atomic Energy Commission historian assigned to the admiral's office, spent years observing the program and its controversial leader in action. His insights reflect both his familiarity with the subject and his ability to remain an objective observer. From 1974 to the day Rickover retired in 1982, Francis Duncan had free access to files, documents, and personnel at every level of involvement. As this book clearly shows, he took full advantage of the situation to gain a unigue understanding of exactly how the program operated. The result is a thorough, balanced record of what may well be the navy's and the nation's most important and far-reaching project of the twentieth century. Duncan talked to scores of people who dealt with day-to-day operations, watched men in training and accompanied them to sea, visited civilian and naval installations, and had close contact with Rickover himself. He also interviewed former US presidents, secretaries of the navy, chiefs of naval operations, AEC chairmen, and legislative leaders who kept tabs on the program but were removed from daily activities. While the focus of the book is on the nuclear program not the man, it does provide invaluable information on how Rickover ran the program and the reasons for its success. This definitive study offers a valuable record of a program that continues to play a significant role in the nation's defence. Francis Duncan, a retired historian at the Department of Energy who lives in Bethesda, Maryland is coauthor of ""Nuclear Navy, 1946 -1962"", and the second volume of a history of the Atomic Energy Commission called ""Atomic Shield 1947-1952""." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Francis DuncanPublisher: Naval Institute Press Imprint: Naval Institute Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9780870212369ISBN 10: 0870212362 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 30 December 1989 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews�I consider this a fine piece of naval history, accurate, well balanced, readable . . .� �Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), Chief of Naval Operations 1974 to 1978 �This book is probably as close as we will get to an inside view of what happened in the reactor development shop.� �Norman Friedman, Author of Submarine Design and Development �A definitive contribution. . . . There is more than enough material here for future researchers to chew on. It is especially interesting to individuals like myself who rubbed elbows with Rickover and learned to admire him, warts and all.� �Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.), Former commander of the nuclear Submarine USS Triton and author of Around the World Submerged �Sound in scholarship, intelligently organized, clearly written . . . Francis Duncan has a sense for the dramatic. . . . A worthy sequel to the Nuclear Navy.� �Richard W. Leopold, History Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, formerly a member of the Atomic Energy Commission�s Historical Advisory Committee and of the Secretary Of the Navy�s Advisory Committee on Naval History I consider this a fine piece of naval history, accurate, well balanced, readable . . . --Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), Chief of Naval Operations 1974 to 1978 This book is probably as close as we will get to an inside view of what happened in the reactor development shop. --Norman Friedman, Author of Submarine Design and Development A definitive contribution. . . . There is more than enough material here for future researchers to chew on. It is especially interesting to individuals like myself who rubbed elbows with Rickover and learned to admire him, warts and all. --Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.), Former commander of the nuclear Submarine USS Triton and author of Around the World Submerged Sound in scholarship, intelligently organized, clearly written . . . Francis Duncan has a sense for the dramatic. . . . A worthy sequel to the Nuclear Navy. --Richard W. Leopold, History Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, formerly a member of the Atomic Energy Commission's Historical Advisory Committee and of the Secretary Of the Navy's Advisory Committee on Naval History -Sound in scholarship, intelligently organized, clearly written . . . Francis Duncan has a sense for the dramatic. . . . A worthy sequel to the Nuclear Navy.- --Richard W. Leopold, History Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, formerly a member of the Atomic Energy Commission's Historical Advisory Committee and of the Secretary Of the Navy's Advisory Committee on Naval History -This book is probably as close as we will get to an inside view of what happened in the reactor development shop.- --Norman Friedman, Author of Submarine Design and Development -A definitive contribution. . . . There is more than enough material here for future researchers to chew on. It is especially interesting to individuals like myself who rubbed elbows with Rickover and learned to admire him, warts and all.- --Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.), Former commander of the nuclear Submarine USS Triton and author of Around the World Submerged -I consider this a fine piece of naval history, accurate, well balanced, readable . . .- --Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), Chief of Naval Operations 1974 to 1978 This book is probably as close as we will get to an inside view of what happened in the reactor development shop. --Norman Friedman, Author of Submarine Design and Development Sound in scholarship, intelligently organized, clearly written . . . Francis Duncan has a sense for the dramatic. . . . A worthy sequel to the Nuclear Navy. --Richard W. Leopold, History Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, formerly a member of the Atomic Energy Commission's Historical Advisory Committee and of the Secretary Of the Navy's Advisory Committee on Naval History I consider this a fine piece of naval history, accurate, well balanced, readable . . . --Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), Chief of Naval Operations 1974 to 1978 A definitive contribution. . . . There is more than enough material here for future researchers to chew on. It is especially interesting to individuals like myself who rubbed elbows with Rickover and learned to admire him, warts and all. --Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.), Former commander of the nuclear Submarine USS Triton and author of Around the World Submerged -Sound in scholarship, intelligently organized, clearly written . . . Francis Duncan has a sense for the dramatic. . . . A worthy sequel to the Nuclear Navy.- --Richard W. Leopold, History Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, formerly a member of the Atomic Energy Commission's Historical Advisory Committee and of the Secretary Of the Navy's Advisory Committee on Naval History Author Information"Francis Duncan was a historian for the Department of Energy's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1962 to 1987. During these years he coauthored, with Richard G. Hewlett, Atomic Shield, the second volume of the AEC, and Nuclear Navy, 1946-1962. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of Chicago. Dr. Duncan first met Adm. Hyman Rickover in 1969 while completing work on the AEC history. In 1974 he was assigned to the admiral's office to begin research for this study, and for the next eight years he watched Rickover and his """"Naval Reactors"""" at work and engaged in frank discussions with a variety of people associated with the nuclear propulsion program. Now retired, Dr. Duncan lives with his wife in Bethesda, Maryland." 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