Humble in Victory is a great read with a covey of powerful and believable characters, a fast-moving plot that grabs the reader at every turn and some tough lessons of what combat readiness really means.  Strap it on!  You won’t be disappointed!  By far and away, it’s the best novel I’ve read in a lifetime of reading some good ones.   Published on 9/11/01, it looks ahead to 2010 and a gender-equal U.S. Navy engaged in deadly combat against the trio of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran seeking control of the Caspian Sea oil.  As most of the author's assumptions have come true, the reader may find themselves uncomfortable at times.  4,500-plus happy readers!

True Faith and Allegiance captures the spirit and intensity of the Cold War from the mid-fifties to the mid-eighties, a period of indescribable danger to our nation and the word—the most perilous in the history of the US.  The tale is viewed through the eyes of several thousand real sailors and aviators doing the tough job for Navy and nation 24/7 with whom I was proud to have served. 280 scanned photos and documents bring this easy-to-read journals of the Cold War into sharp focus.

• Chock-full of real sailors and tough ships steaming the oceans of the world— half USN and half civilian.

• From destroyer ensign to navy carrier captain to civilian master.

• Non-tutorial lessons for the aspiring ship’s officer, captain or master.

• What’s important and not so to the professional mariner. 

• Core attributes of the professional mariner . . . Navy and civilian.

• 420 stimulating pages and 200 scans of places, shipmates and ships.

• Needless Navy and civilian accidents.