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Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy by Rear Adm. Dave Oliver USN (Ret.)

Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Joel Richards (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Military (History)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

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30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy is an audiobook by Rear Adm. Dave Oliver USN (Ret.): a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Richards, released February 27, 2018, on the Military (History) and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Joel Richards
Released
February 27, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Military (History), Military (Biography & Memoir)
ISBN
9781541489929

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy audiobook?

Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is the Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy audiobook free?

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Who narrates Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy?

Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy is narrated by Joel Richards.