"[<i>Against the Tide</i>] provides tips for reformers, applicable to every kind of organization. It is one of the best books about managing I have read... Rickover's most important gift to us: removing our largest excuse for inaction." <b><i>—Fabius Maximus</i></b><br /><br /> "To whom will this book appeal? Military officers and cadets (especially naval officers and cadets, particularly those of the U.S. Navy), but also administrators in the civilian departments of the U.S. Government and state and local governments; and, outside of government, business executives and directors of museums, libraries, and charitable organizations; current and former submariners of any rank; current and former officers and crewmen who serve or served aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carriers; and military history buffs.” <i><b>—Notes on Culture</b></i>