A Sense of Honour (Bluejacket Books): A Novel - Softcover

James H. Webb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557509174 ISBN 13: 9781557509178

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1995

Synopsis

Former Secretary of the Navy, Navy Cross recipientand Marine officer , Webb lit the fires of controversy with this startling inside look at life at the U.S. Naval Academy when <em>A Sense of Honor</em> 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 <em>New York Times</em> and ‘a remarkable moral statement’ by the <em>Boston Globe</em>. Show More

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About the Author:

<strong>James Henry ‘Jim’ Webb, Jr. </strong>(b. 1946) is the senior United States Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb served as a Marine Corps infantry officer and is a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran. During his four years with the Reagan administration, he served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defence for Reserve Affairs, then as Secretary of the Navy. <br><br>In 2006 he was elected the Democratic Senator for Virginia. In 2012 he retired from the senate to return to the private sector. He is also an author of many books, stating that ""I've written for a living all my life, so writing is as much a part of me as working out.

Synopsis:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1557509174
• ISBN 13: 9781557509178
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308