- Taschenbuch: 308 Seiten
- Verlag: Naval Institute Press; Auflage: Reissue (April 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1557509174
- ISBN-13: 978-1557509178
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,9 x 15,6 x 1,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (19 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.607.412 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Former Secretary of the Navy, Navy Cross recipient, and Marine officer James Webb lit the fires of controversy with this startling inside look at life at the U.S. Naval Academy when "A Sense of Honor" was first published in 1981. Some of his fellow Academy graduates attacked it as exaggerated and extreme, but Webb's portrayal of a gung-ho first classman's campaign to shepherd an unprepared plebe through the academy's complex and unforgiving ethos was hailed as a "considerable achievement" by the "New York Times" and "a remarkable moral statement" by the "Boston Globe."
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Two dissimilar midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy personify the sense of conflict and transition afflicting the academy as it shifts from being a military training school to a college for nuclear engineers and technicians.
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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.
Format:Taschenbuch
"A Sense of Honor" is such a superb book on many facets, perhaps most glaringly as that rare written work that captures part of what it means to be at Annapolis. In this novel, one can find most of the feelings, conflicts, and the simeltaneous terror and pride that often characterizes that experience. As a graduate of the institution, I have seen no written work that better portrays the inner workings inside the walls of Bancroft Hall.
USNA graduate James Webb served his country heroically in war and peace, and serves us all yet again by writting this book. The Naval Academy shaped, for better or worse, people Americans are interested in; John McCain, Jimmy Carter, Ross Perot and Oliver North, among others. Web tells a fictional tale of an episode that certainly happens several times a year in Annapolis. From this, even the first time reader can draw the connection between what exactly that institution teaches about honor and service, and what the graduate takes from that lesson.
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This is one of the best books that I have ever read. I am looking forward to reading more of James Webb's books. I recently read "A Nightingale Song" and became interested in Webb and the Naval Academy. I found this book easy to read, with good characters, that told a very powerful story.
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Outstanding
It's not just any book that can make this born and bred New Yorker burst into tears in the middle of a subway car, but on one summer's day back in the 80s, A Sense Of Honor did... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. März 2000 veröffentlicht
An invaluable insight into the soul of military life
I've read this excellent work three times - each reading has provided me with inspiration and valuable perspective for different stages of my life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Februar 2000 von Golded92@aol.com
A revealing reflection
As a graduate of the Naval Academy during the 1960's (the time period in which the book was set) I can attest to its factual authenticity, but its value as literature goes well... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
Simply magnificent- Rich in detail and powerful in truth
I read this book last year and really enjoyed. Now I understand it and appreciate "A Sense of Honor" a great deal more. Why? Because I am a plebe at the U.S. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. August 1999 veröffentlicht
The closest thing to actually being there!
I recently viewed the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and decided to reread this book. A Sense of Honor descriptively describes life as a plebe at the US Naval Academy. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Webb Changed My Life
I had already read Fields of Fire in 1981 when I was a history hungry eighth grader. I was shooting BB guns and running through the jungle playing at war. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Want to know more about Author
Just want to know more about the manificent author, it is a wonderful book.
Am 10. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Days of old
Although many of the practices written about in the novel no longer happen at the Naval Academy, it is still a realistic look at the pressures and expectations of both plebes and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. April 1999 veröffentlicht
A powerful drama of the Naval Academy
Like one of the other respondents, I read this book when originally released and ALSO re-read it every few years. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. März 1999 veröffentlicht
A book about making leaders and those who want to prevent it
This book is a powerful look into the US Naval Academy in the 1960's. The book revolves around a senior cadet named Fogarty and a freshman, or 'plebe', named Dean. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Februar 1999 von pdt0968@acs.tamu.edu
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