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Sense of Honor
By James Webb
A fascinating portrayal of a gung-ho first classman's campaign to shepherd an unprepared plebe through the Academy's complex and unforgiving ethos.  It stands as a testament to those whose devotion to duty, honor, and country is only strengthened by their willingness to question it.
Available Formats: Softcover
Fields of Fire
By James Webb
Hailed as the most important novel to emerge from the Vietnam War when first published in 1978, this book launched a spectacular writing career for James Webb that now includes four bestselling novels. A much-decorated former Marine who fought and was wounded in Vietnam, Webb tells the story of a platoon of tough, young Marines enduring the tropical hell of ...
Available Formats: Softcover
A Country Such As This
By James Webb
The innocence the 1950s and turbulence of the 1960s and 70s--years when America reached out and touched the heavens, only to be torn apart by internal conflict and a war in Southeast Asia--provide a dramatic setting for this unforgettable story of three men and the women they love carving a place for themselves in a society where the rules keep ...
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Utmost Savagery
The Three Days of Tarawa
By Col. Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret.)
Marine combat veteran and award-winning military historian Joseph Alexander takes a fresh look at one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. His gripping narrative, first published in 1995, has won him many prizes, with critics lauding his use of Japanese documents and his interpretation of the significance of what happened. The first trial by fire of America's fledgling ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Royal Navy, Vol 2
A History From the Earliest Times to 1900
By William Laird Clowes

One hundred years after its first printing, Sir William Clowes's superb seven volume study still retains its position as the preeminent history of the Royal Navy.

Volume 2 covers the period from James I to the Peace of Utrecht.

Available Formats: Softcover
Royal Navy, Vol 5
A History From the Earliest Times to 1900
By William Laird Clowes

One hundred years after its first printing, Sir William Clowes's superb seven volume study still retains its position as the preeminent history of the Royal Navy.

Volume 5 covers the Napoleonic Wars.

Available Formats: Softcover
Sailing On The Silver Screen
Hollywood and the U.S. Navy
By Lawrence Suid
Regarded as the definitive study of the symbiotic relationship between the film industry and the United States armed services, since this book was first published nearly three decades ago, the US nation has experienced several wars, both on the battlefield and in movie theatres and living rooms at home. Lawrence Suid has extensively revised and expanded his classic history of ...
Available Formats: Hardcover