false 99965 8 Books by politicians are not often worth reading, but John McCain's <I>Faith of My Fathers</I> is an astonishing exception to the rule. The Republican senator from Arizona has a remarkable story to tell--better than just about any of his peers--and he tells it well, with crisp prose and an unexpected sense for narrative pacing. The first half of the book concerns his naval forbears: his grandfather commanded an aircraft carrier in the Second World War, while his father presided over all naval forces in the Pacific during the Vietnam War. They were the first father-son admirals in American history. Young John McCain knew he had enormous shoes to fill and rebelled against many of the expectations set for him. At the Naval Academy, he was nearly expelled, graduating fifth from the bottom of his class. He never became an admiral, but achieved fame another way: as a naval aviator in 1967, he was shot down over North Vietnam and spent several years in POW camps, where he was beaten, tortured, and nearly allowed to die. McCain describes the awful details of his imprisonment and tells how he stayed mentally strong during seemingly endless months of solitary confinement and how he communicated in code with fellow captives. <I>Faith of My Fathers</I> concludes with McCain's release and contains no information about his subsequent political career. It is, nonetheless, a complete and compelling memoir of individual heroism--one that will interest both political and military history buffs. <I>--John J. Miller</I> 390110 1999 Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir total:662|5:141|4:231|3:211|2:71|1:8| 662 2412 1014 180 4 4 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 18:08:44 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 10:25:03 -0700 2008 Faith of My Fathers is an incredible book which has almost nothing to do with organized religion and everything to do with living an honorable life. The 'faith' Senator McCain is speaking about only becomes apparent on page 257 of the book and it is spelled with a sma...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Sep 02 11:40:35 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 12:03:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 06 15:53:49 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 13 18:52:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Wed Oct 31 10:01:47 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 10:11:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 11:38:08 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 12:45:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 16:26:11 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 14:42:56 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 11:37:28 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 12:11:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 14:10:02 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 07:21:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 22 07:28:21 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 09:43:41 -0700 2008 So far, this book has surprised me totally, i was kind of expecting a dry drawling on and on about military and exploits, and yes those things are there, as he portrays his grandfather and his fathers military exploits, and his own life in school, the Naval Academy, and into live training, but...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 15:41:04 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 15:41:32 -0800 2008
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Admiral Jack McCain father of Senator John McCain

Combining 2 targets of recent study, the military and politics, I began John McCain’...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 14 06:19:05 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 06:19:05 -0700 2008
The first half of ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 28 04:51:35 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 04:51:35 -0700 2007 I read this while traveling to Vietnam. After tourin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 14:13:53 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 14:15:05 -0800 2009
Ironically for someone who had so long asserted his own individuality as his first and best defense against insults of any kind, I discovered that faith in my self proved to be ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 06:05:30 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 06:16:23 -0700 2009
I am fascinated by stories of POWs and know that I need to expand my reading ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 15:27:21 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 15:31:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 12 12:20:07 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:45:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 07 15:52:11 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:05:00 -0800 2009 Not knowing if ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 13 17:19:54 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 17:20:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:17:39 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 13:45:10 -0700 2009 more...]]>