Nuclear Leadership

For the first several thousand years of written history, humankind submitted to a variety of emperors, rulers, kings, czars, and dictators. While political empires are far less common today, this imperial leadership mind-set is deeply ingrained in our collective psyche. Our workplaces remain filled with miniature Napoleons and Hirohitos wielding supreme power over their subordinates through authoritarian, totalitarian, overbearing, and micromanaging (ATOM) leadership practices.

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.

ARMAGEDDON WAS NOT AVERTED. IT WAS DELAYED. For decades, two nuclear superpowers prepared to destroy one another in order to prevent one another from attacking. Each side sought greater security, yet every attempt to become safer made the other side more afraid, producing an arms race in which individually rational decisions created a collectively insane system capable of ending civilization. Somehow, humanity escaped. ARMAGEDDON DELAYED is not simply another history of the Cold War. It asks a larger and more urgent question: How do intelligent human beings escape a system in which rational...

Book 2: The Mayday 2026 Chronicles When command collapses, who leads the survivors? Beneath the ruins of Washington D.C., President Jonathan Rutledge and his cabinet shelter as the nation above burns. Cut off from the grid and the chain of command, they must rebuild government from the bunker up—while rival factions and foreign powers move to claim what’s left. Inside reinforced corridors once built for continuity, politics becomes survival. Rumors of mutiny echo through the Situation Room, the Vice President’s plane is missing, and the line between protocol and paranoia blurs. ...

For thirteen days in October 1962, the world stood on the edge of nuclear war. When American reconnaissance photographs revealed Soviet nuclear missiles under construction in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy faced the most dangerous crisis of the Cold War. The missiles were only ninety miles from American shores, and once operational they could strike major U.S. cities within minutes. Inside the White House, a small group of advisors gathered to confront an unprecedented dilemma: how to remove the missiles without triggering a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. 13 Days of Uncertainty takes ...

In Station Blackout, Chuck Casto, the foremost authority on responding to nuclear disasters, shares his first-hand account of how he led the collaborative team of Japanese and American experts that faced the challenges of Fukushima. A lifetime of working in the nuclear industry prepared him to manage an extreme crisis, lessons that apply to any crisis situation.

A deployed nuclear submarine operates alone - hundreds of miles from any support and hundreds of feet below the surface. An emotionless and indifferent enemy constantly surrounds the crew. Thousands of pounds of sea pressure sit right over their heads, waiting to crush them like a tin can and send them to the bottom of the ocean. Even the most junior sailor’s mistake can result in loss of the submarine and everyone on it.

The use of nuclear energy ensures smooth operations while guaranteeing that energy levels are supplied without any carbon emissions. This makes it one of the best energy sources in the world today. As nuclear energy advances, Lean Six Sigma tools can significantly aid in the improvement of processes, clarification of documentation, and certification of definitive ROI.

Brought to you by Penguin. This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances. For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to...