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OverviewHyman 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas B. Allen , Thomas B. AllenPublisher: Potomac Books Inc Imprint: Potomac Books Inc Dimensions: Width: 12.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.50cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9781574884456ISBN 10: 157488445 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 31 May 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationThomas B. Allen is an author and editor. For more than fifteen years he served with the National Geographic Society as associate chief of the book service. He edited the million-plus bestseller We Americans and has published numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including War Games. Allen and Polmar have collaborated in writing seven books and numerous articles. Both live in the Washington area. Norman Polmar is known worldwide as a defense analyst, prolific author, and consultant to members of Congress and senior civilian and uniformed officials of the Navy. He and Thomas B. Allen published Rickover: Controversy and Genius; A Biography with Simon and Schuster in 1982. Polmar is also co-author (with K. J. Moore) of Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945-2001 (Brassey's, Inc., 2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |