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Title: A Sense of Honor: A Novel (Bluejacket Books) by James H. Webb ISBN: 1-55750-917-4 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.96 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't plink the torpedo...
Comment: "A Sense of Honor" is by far, the best book I have read in a good while. James Webb is able to illustrate a sense of companionship by those who embrace their environment. He also shows how the midshipmen react to those who aren't as ardent about their profession; i.e. John Dean.
I have never read a book that depicts the Naval Academy in this way. It's amazing! You are able to see the transformation from child to adult; Mid to Officer. And the change is absolutely stunning. It is so riveting; it will make you wish that you were a part of it. You will wish that you were standing in formation with these same characters and others like them.
I would recommend this book for anyone who thinks high school and college is tough. "Baby, you ain't seen nothing yet!"
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for all those involved in today's Navy
Comment: Incredible book. As a Citadel graduate, I am partial to Pat Conroy's The Lords of Discipline as the pentultimate account of life in a military college, but Webb's work is neck and neck. Where Conroy takes four years and multiple twisting plots, Webb takes only five days out of the life of the Naval Academy to make his points.
The struggle between the warriors and the technocrats that Webb writes about in the late sixties still exists today. As an member of the faculty as an active duty officer in the mid 90's, I can attest that each of Webb's characters were alive and well in the Yard during that time, only the backdrop was the tamer Gulf War, as opposed to the Vietnam conflict. The war between the "geeks" and the "grunts" rages on. The military is more apt to recruit the skinny kids with the 4.0's in computer science (Webb's John Dean) than the all-around, rough and tough, swashbuckling athletic warriors (Bill Fogarty). Cadets and midshipman are starved for the leaderhip provided by Fogarty and CAPT Leneman, yet the deck is stacked against them by the CDR Pratt's of the world.
A must read...I dare you to put it down.
Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome
Comment: Being a huge fan of military colleges, I was pleased as punch at finding this book. I have never been to Annapolis neither do I know anyone who has gone there. But I can not help but feel that this is what it really must have been like to attend the school at least in the 1960's ...
Anyway some of the reasons I feel that this is an accurate description of the school is that James Webb is a decorated member of the military and one of the schools most illustrious graduates. He isn't some disgruntled man who wants to get back at the school by writing a bitter memoir as is the case with Lucien Truscott "Dress Grey" (based on his time at West Point). Another thing I loved about this book is how Webb rips off the shinny veneer of Annapolis being an elitist institution. Too many times when you read a book about the service academies the author makes it look like paradise on earth. There is none of this in a Sense of Honor. Yes you can get the sense that while Annapolis is a great school it is certainly not perfect and without its probblems.
I think that this book is one of the most balanced books I have ever read. A Sense of Honor basically covers three stages of men who have attended Annapolis. There is Ted Lenehan a marine corps officer and Annapolis grad who has returned to the school as Tactical officer after being injured in Vietnam. Bill Fogarty a gung ho fourth year or first class midshipman who though he sometimes complains about the life he has to endure at Annapolis is whole-heartedly devouted to the military and can not abide those who are not ship shape. John Dean a first year midshipmen or plebe who has transfered to Annapolis simply for the "education" he hates the military life but by the end of the story he finds out what he is made of. The story takes place over the period of about at week, but amazingly Webb seems to cover every facet of the school its traditions, to the pranks that the mids play on their commanding officers.
Why this book has not been made into a film yet is beyond me. It really is that good.
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Title: Fields of Fire by James H. Webb ISBN: 0553583859 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Brief Points: An Almanac for Parents and Friends of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen by Ross H. Mackenzie ISBN: 1591145066 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: A Country Such as This by James H. Webb, James Webb ISBN: 1557509646 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Emperor's General: A Novel by James H. Webb, James Webb ISBN: 0553578545 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lost Soldiers by James H. Webb, James Webb ISBN: 0440240913 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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