The Rickover Corpus: A digital archive of Admiral Rickover's speeches and memos

https://rickovercorpus.org/

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Animats•6mo ago

"Some thoughts on the presidency" [1]

(The site's index dates this to 1952, but it mentions "the events of 1974.")

[1] https://rickover-corpus.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Some+Thou...

uncletaco•6mo ago

The Nixon memo is dated for 1980 from after Nixon was president.

andrewl•6mo ago

I'm two pages in, and it is excellent.

emmelaich•6mo ago

Quotables in in every paragraph!

ndileas•6mo ago

There's a lot of timeless, good analysis. But there's also somewhat dated concerns (like the energy crisis stuff) where it's clear that he's responding to the issue du jour.

emmelaich•6mo ago

Yes, it mentions the energy crisis so dates it to late 70s at least. Also President Reagan, so after 1981. Probably well after.

kreelman•6mo ago

Ah, the "Kindly Old Gentleman"...

Though a very difficult man to get on with... He did champion the correct building of the first nuclear subs.

CamperBob2•6mo ago

Yep, a complex, flawed character.

Unquestionably the right person for that particular job, though. He was Mr. "Failure is Not an Option" years before Gene Kranz.

andrewl•6mo ago

I've read a few articles about him, but I never heard him speak. I just pulled this up, and I find it fascinating:

https://taproot.com/rickover-60-minutes-interview/

xtiansimon•6mo ago

I’ve known some lovable @$$#ol3$ who have the rare amalgamation of talent, self-possession, misanthropy. Their successes seem unrelated to their persons. Purely anecdotal, but don’t they all have difficult parents…

thomassmith65•6mo ago

  Unless the one person truly responsible can be identified when something goes wrong, then no one has been really responsible

Ah, it's Apple's DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) designation!

stmw•6mo ago

It is always interesting how such principles are much older than our current examples!

acidburnNSA•6mo ago

Truly amazing resource. Thanks to the folks funding this, and doing the scans.

ripe•6mo ago

From the website:

This project was compiled and digitized by Charles Yang under the Center for Industrial Strategy, with assistance from Jacks Flenniken.

stmw•6mo ago

Some credit also given to the US Naval Academy archivists (usna.edu), and whoever preserved his files to begin with.

brcmthrowaway•6mo ago

Never heard of this guy - Nimitz seems better

chrisg23•6mo ago

Different domains. Admiral Rickover focused on the nuclear propulsion aspect of the navy. Its like comparing the CEO of a company with one of the heads of engineering.

RobGR•6mo ago

I found this a particularly good read:

https://rickovercorpus.org/?file=https%3A%2F%2Frickover-corp...

kentbrew•6mo ago

This sounds like the title of a Charlie Stross novel.

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