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Title: A Country Such as This by James H. Webb ISBN: 1-55750-964-6 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An outstanding look at America.
Comment: It follows the lives of several people from the '50s to the '80s. It's an engaging read. I highly recommend it to all.
Rating: 5
Summary: Webb's Timeless Classic
Comment: "A Country Such As This" is a timeless classic that chronicles the enormous social, economic and political upheavals that roiled America throughout the 1960s and 1970s. James Webb, a foremost author, Vietnam combat veteran and future Secretary of the Navy, presents a moving and incisive allegory in the life experiences of three 1951 U.S. Naval Academy graduates. Red Lescynski, Judd Smith and Joe Dingenfelder are "blood brothers" who swear an oath of allegiance to their country and each other. But their lives are destined to be sundered by the epochal changes sweeping the country: economic dislocation, an epidemic of divorce and fractured families and, most of all, societal and political divisions wrought by U.S. policy in Vietnam. Particularly insightful is the ongoing dialogue between Smith, a conservative Republican, and the ultra-liberal Dorothy Dingenfelder (Joe's estranged wife), who clash repeatedly and vociferously. Red Lesczynski's brutal plight in North Vietnam POW camps are heart rending, as are his difficulties assimilating into a fundamentally changed American society after a seven-year absence. Webb's descriptions of the opprobrious conduct of the anti-war movement are priceless.
We are fortunate that 18 years after its initial publication, the U.S. Navy's publishing arm has re-published "A Country Such As This," enabling a new generation of Americans to benefit from Webb's sage wisdom.
Rating: 5
Summary: When did America change...?
Comment: Although this book is nearly 20 years old, its story, that of the transformation of America across the critical years of 1951 to 1976, is a must read for anyone of my generation (I was born in 1971) seeking to understand the recent history of our country beyond the cold facts of a textbook. It is a story of America upon which even modern documentaries hardly touch. Mr. Webb's narrative reminds us of our fathers' sacrifices. He reminds us that, despite the social climate of the volatile years of the Vietnam War in particular, there were men and women who were neither ashamed of their country nor unwilling to stand up for it. It is in that light that the greatest message of the book comes forth. He reminds us that, despite the aberrant behavior of the counter-culture and ranting and demonstrative noise of the anti-war demonstrators (both of which, in this presidential election year, will finally make their departure from the Washington), there were people who were willing to do what their country asked of them...because it was the right thing to do. Though fiction, ACSAT very much speaks to us from the reality that were the service families and proud Americans of the post-war generations. The story is gripping in itself, and the time it encompasses makes it a delight for any student of history to read.
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Title: A Sense of Honor: A Novel (Bluejacket Books) by James H. Webb ISBN: 1557509174 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Fields of Fire by James Webb ISBN: 0553583859 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Lost Soldiers by James Webb ISBN: 0440240913 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Emperor's General by James Webb ISBN: 0553578545 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Something to Die For by James Webb ISBN: 0380713225 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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