- Paperback: 308 pages
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press; New edition edition (15 May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1557509174
- ISBN-13: 978-1557509178
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 884,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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. Naval Academy. I'm struggling and having doubts like John Dean. Like Bill Fogarty I may end up leaving because of reasons I cannot truly comprehend. One thing is for sure, "A Sense of Honor" really stirred something inside of me and has helped me comprehend the magnitude of being a midshipmen, regardless of whether or not I graduate (I hope that I do)!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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. After being through it myself, I can honestly say this book is the closest thing to actually being there. Although many of the practices in this book no longer occur, it does give you a good look at what can and does happen behind closed doors.
Format:Paperback
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 upperclass at the Academy. I read this before my plebe year and it helped prepare me for some of the injustices I would later experience. Even if you know nothing about the Academy, it is an excellent and interesting book--it is especially heartwrenching to hear how the names of the Academy graduates lost in Vietnam were read to the Brigade of Midshipmen every day. Once again, a great book.
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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. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 1999
Outstanding...moving...timely...Read it and pass it on!
James Webb captures and eloquently articulates the essense of belonging to an organization that one both loves and hates intensely. Read more
Published on 12 Dec 1998
Life at the Naval Academy
I read this book in 1991, when I was a plebe at the Naval Academy. If you want to know what if feels like to be a Midshipman, read this book. It is excellent.
Published on 12 Dec 1998
...corporate America needs this near their Palm Pilots.
If you've ever been in any branch of military service and have suffered through indoctrination, I salute you. As a former Midshipman (cadet) of the U.S. Read more
Published on 15 May 1998
significant contributor to my present-day self
I was given "A Sense of Honor" to read when I was an Air Force ROTC cadet...my instructor had this 'weird' vision of "teaching us something" instead of just... Read more
Published on 29 April 1998
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