Admiral Hyman Rickover

Known as the 'Father of the Nuclear Navy,' Admiral Hyman George Rickover oversaw the invention of the world's first practical nuclear power reactor, transforming naval power and Cold War strategy with nuclear-propelled submarines and ships.

Historian Marc Wortman explores Rickover's constant conflicts, ferocious will, disdain for regulations, and his journey from a Polish shtetl to becoming the longest-serving U.S.

military officer, highlighting how his achievements influenced world affairs.