<p>OK, I TOLD you I was really bored....I made an Amazon Book List so that you can see the jacket cover and read a review of each title. It only takes 40 titles so I didn't get the newest ones on, sorry.</p>
<p>It's called The College Confidential Service Academy Forum Book List</p>
<p>I second the book A Sense Of Honor if I may. It's a wonderful book.</p>
<p>A good one I just picked up Saturday . . .</p>
<p>Making the Corps by Thomas E. Ricks. It's about a reporter who compiles the experiences of Platoon 3086 through Parris Island in 1995. Very interesting reading!</p>
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I read a book my senior year called "Darkside", a fictional drama murder mystery focusing on the naval academy. Only a potential plebe might find it interesting.
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<p>nope- this parent enjoyed it as well!!! Funny... ever since, I avoid the alleyways in annapolis like the plague after dark..... and i walk the seawalls looking for vestiges of tunnels past....or remenants of any shark teeth!!!! :eek:</p>
<p>I read Darkside as well... Too bad there is not nearly the same amount of underground tunnels at the Academy as they have in the book. That would make for some fun recons</p>
<p>^^^ you mean there aren't???? </p>
<p>Funny thing is: at PPW, it seems we walked from Bancroft to Chauvenet, Michelson, Rickover, Mahon Hall and all the way to Nimitz without ever seeing the light of day! (not that we saw any signs saying "this way to St. George's street....) ;)</p>
<p>"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. Our son read it repeatedly, along with the rest of the series, from middle school through high school. Upon arrival at USNA, he found that it was required reading for his English class plebe year and he has read it at least twice more for classes there. It doesn't have anything to do with the academies, but does portray a "Battle School" of the future. Excellent read.</p>
<p>"In Harm's Way" ... a sobering story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. While the story is captivating, the bottom line for this tale is the story of the Navy men (and one persistant Marine), the miscarriage of justice in laying blame on the ship's captain, and the eventual righting of that wrong, showing even the Navy will eat some crow, and thanks to the dogged spirit of the brave men who served on the Indy. The story's so much more than Captain Clint of 'Jaws' allusion to the truth of so many men being eaten by those sharks.</p>
<p>I went to B&N last night to find Darkside, but they're out and aren't getting any more in. I guess I'll just order on line.</p>
<p>"In Harm's Way" was an excellent book.</p>
<p>A Civil War: Army Vs. Navy by John Feinstein
A Sense of Honor by James Webb
Absolutely American by David Lipsky
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque
Annapolis Autumn by Bruce Fleming
Bacalao by J.T. McDaniel
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way by Johnson and Harper
Biggest Brother: The Life of Dick Winters by Larry Alexander
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Blind Man's Bluff: Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sontag
Brief Points by Ross McKenzie
Chesty by John Hoffman
Class 29: The Making of U.S. Navy Seals by John Roat
Darkside by P.T. Deutermann
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Faith of My Fathers by John McCain
Fields of Fire by James Webb
First Class: Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy by Sharon H. Disher
Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Gods and General by Jeff Shaara
Guns of August, The by Barbara Tuchman
Hunt for Red October, The by Tom Clancy
In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien
Jarhead by Anthony Swofford
Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Last Full Measure, The by Jeff Shaara
Letters from Annapolis by Anne Marie Drew
Making the Corps by Thomas E. Ricks
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Message to Garcia
Naval Academy Candidate Book by William Smallwood
Nightingale's Song by Robert Timburg
On War by Karl Von Clausewitz
Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer
One Bullet Away, The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick
Pentagon's New Map, The by Thomas P.M. Barnett
Return of Philo T. McGiffin, The by David Poyer
Rogue Trident by John Hindinger
Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko
Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward Beech
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Sun-Tzu: The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Target Lock by James Cobb
The Official United States Naval Academy Workout book by Flach and Peck
Things They Carried, The by Tim O'Brien
We Were Soldiers Once and Young by Moore and Galloway</p>
<p>CNO's list:
<a href="http://www.usna.edu/Library/Navy_Pro...g_Program.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna.edu/Library/Navy_Pro...g_Program.html</a></p>
<p>USMC List:
<a href="http://www.usna.edu/Library/Marineread.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna.edu/Library/Marineread.html</a></p>
<p>"A Reading List for Life": books recommended by the USNA faculty <a href="http://www.usna.edu/LibExhibits/Read...ullreading.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna.edu/LibExhibits/Read...ullreading.htm</a></p>
<p>You wanna read some books that will REALLY help you as a Plebe?</p>
<p>Try your Calculus textbook, your Chemistry textbook, your Pro-Book (or whatever they use these days), etc.</p>
<p>Trust me. ;)</p>
<p>^^^^^^ LOL
I think I'll stick to other books. I see enough of these books in class, out of class, in homework, and studying that I doubt I'm going to pick them up very often and read them after I've finished all my work each day.;)</p>
<p>Not that it would hurt, though . . . .:D</p>
<p>I think Z is saying, "Do what I tell you, not what I did." ;)</p>
<p>Conversely ...</p>
<p>As our BGO recommends ... "ENJOY these next 4 months. After that your A** belongs to someone else."</p>
<p>If you don't have the essentials of calc now, well, it's never too late, but maybe it should wait ... Go get 'em.</p>
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<p>Brother, ain't that the truth! </p>
<p>Experience is a harsh teacher. :(</p>
<p>navy2010 recommended it earlier, but worth a refresher, imo ...
"Surviving West Point" .</p>
<p>A National Geographic video available for purchase or rent. If anyone has Netflix, it's a 2 DVD set and they have it. Worth 5 or 6 hours.</p>
<p>Just finished "Darkside." Navy 2010, I WILL NOT be walking anywhere near the alleys in Annapolis. Good book, I thought. Good fiction.</p>
<p>Boy won't read it. States if it wasn't fiction, he'd read it. Still can't pry my "Letters from Annapolis" out of his grip.</p>
<p>I think my favorite has to be "Annapolis Today"... It was written in 1938 and basically covers over minute of the mids life during their 4 years. Even has a guide for drags (drags being dates, not high school seniors)</p>
<p>can't believe i forgot this in my earlier post...it's an all time favorite!
Bridge of No Return: The Ordeal of the U.S.S. Pueblo by Frederick Schumacher </p>
<p>talks about the North Korean capture of the spy ship, the USS Pueblo during the Cold War--and the whole POW situation. author was involved.</p>
<p>warrior elite, by dick coach. great read. took me a day and a half haha then again i do want to be a SEAL...</p>
<p>warrior elite is my son's favorite book--Believe that's why He wants to be a SEAL too--</p>
<p>Just got Return of Philo T McGiffin from Amazon--can't put it down--but can't believe my son really WANTS to do this stuff of Plebe year!! Even though this is fiction--it sure seems to grasp the true flavor--just glad my kid is not a "mouse"--or at least i HOPE not! Even tho this was back when there were no women in the Academy--does alot of this stuff still hold true? How realistic is the "background"?</p>