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Original Title: A Sense of Honor
ISBN: 1557509174 (ISBN13: 9781557509178)
Edition Language: English URL http://www.jameswebb.com/books/a-sense-of-honor
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A Sense of Honor Paperback | Pages: 308 pages
Rating: 4.06 | 381 Users | 30 Reviews

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I actually went to the Naval Academy, so I recognized all the places, names, and pageantry this book brings up. That was nice. But let me tell you, this book is super nostalgic for the days when only men were allowed in, no one cares if you psychologically shattered your subordinates, and anyone who spoke against abuse or idiocy was a crybaby whiner not worthy of the honor this book so strongly reveres. As a woman in the military who has actually seen combat, I see plenty of this "make the military great again" bullshit all the time in the Uber-macho male-dominated front lines (and elsewhere). I left on 2 stars because the book is coherent and the story does make sense, but the characters are 2 dimensional and the only 'developement' is how the younger midshipman goes from "normal teenager" to "hero worships the arrogant blowhard who lectures him about combat when he's never seen it either." Come on, Webb, Bancroft Hall is not a sacred shrine to masculinity and teachers who try to stop clear abuse are not the bad guys weakening the fighting force of America.

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Title:A Sense of Honor
Author:James Webb
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 308 pages
Published:May 1st 1995 by US Naval Institute Press (first published January 1st 1981)
Categories:Fiction. War. Military Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction

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Whenever I encounter someone who is thinking about applying to Annapolis (I am class of 1984), I give them a copy of this book (along with A Message to Garcia). I think it provides a insight to life at the Naval Academy and military service that is hard to articulate. Senator Webb does an excellent job here bringing life to both the good and the bad and what it means to serve.

I read this with my book club. We are located near to Annapolis, and our members almost equally divided between people who are married to former midshipman and are enthusiiastic about the Academy, and those who grew up as civilians in the town and endured the arrrogance of some of the midshipmen. Each one reacted to the making of an officer according to their designated group.

James Webb for President.

I actually went to the Naval Academy, so I recognized all the places, names, and pageantry this book brings up. That was nice. But let me tell you, this book is super nostalgic for the days when only men were allowed in, no one cares if you psychologically shattered your subordinates, and anyone who spoke against abuse or idiocy was a crybaby whiner not worthy of the honor this book so strongly reveres. As a woman in the military who has actually seen combat, I see plenty of this "make the

Well this one doesn't pull any punches about the vagaries and the intensity of life at Anapolis. The same story could probably be told about any of the elite Officer training establishments in any western idustrialized country at the same time. This would certainly include Sandhurst in the UK and Duntroon in Australia. They were without doubt brutal places and the hoops through which cadets have to jump were always irrational, pressured, humiliating and dehumanising. But then a person needs to

I think this is one of the best military novels ever written. It brings life to the love/hate relationship that so many Marines and sailors have toward their service. I first read this book as a 19 year old Marine. I don't really remember what I liked about it back then, but it was probably the hard core nature of guys like Fogarty. Now in my 40s, this book resonates for different reasons, chief among them are the bitter-sweet nature of gaining life experience and having to work within a system.