{"product_id":"the-rickover-effect-how-one-man-made-a-difference","title":"The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Difference","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than anyone else  Adm. Hyman G. Rickover made nuclear power a reality. Building on the scientific breakthroughs of the atomic bomb project  he created the nuclear Navy almost overnight  when nearly everyone else thought it was a pipe dream  and built the worlds first commercial atomic power station. He did most of this in a single decade.  Rickovers incredible ability to get things done won his program wide public acclaim and personal honors that included presidential citations  honorary doctoral degrees  and congressional gold medals. Despite all this  Rickover was the subject of bitter controversy and was twice passed over for promotions. In 1953 he was saved from involuntary retirement only through congressional intervention. Nearly forty years later  when he was fired as a four-star admiral  all three living American ex-presidents attended his post-retirement party.  Now  for the first time  one of Rickovers close associates tells what it was like to be with this remarkable man day and night as he accomplished his miracles  and why he was bitterly opposed by so many powerful people. Theodore Rockwell  the admirals long time technical director  takes the reader behind the zirconium curtain that protected the program to give an inside account of those turbulent times. Using on-the-spot anecdotes and little-known documents  he explores Rickovers methods and relationships with others to help us understand his strengths and weaknesses.  The author describes Rickovers successes beginning right after World War II in Oak Ridge  Tennessee. His account includes the first submarine voyage from Pearl Harbor to England to the North Pole  the continuously submerged round-the-world journey of the USS Triton  and the buildup of the U.S. nuclear fleet and the civilian nuclear power industry.  This candid  insightful portrait could only have been written by a key player. The Rickover Effect makes and important contribution to the understanding to one of this centurys most elusive personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959964332085,"sku":"ByrdShop_1557507023","price":34.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781557507020.jpg?v=1770380900","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rickover-effect-how-one-man-made-a-difference","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}