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Name: Rickover
Author: Norman Polmar

Examines the life, career, controversies, accomplishments, and blunders of the man in charge of the Navy's nuclear power program for over 30 years.

First publish date: 1982

Authors: Norman Polmar

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📘 Miscellaneous bills

by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs

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📘 The Rickover Effect

by Theodore Rockwell

Tells how Admiral Rickover helped create the nuclear Navy, and explains why the Navy tried to force his retirement, while Congress and the President bestowed public honors.

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