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Summary: feinstein brings you inside and you belive in these people
Review: john feinstein makes you feel like your in the locker room, like his other books he makes you feel like your in the middle of the action,feeling the emotions of the players ans coaches
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Summary: AN OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL BOOK
Review: John Feinstein's chronicle of the 1995 college football season for the teams of the US Army and Navy Academies offers an arresting and unmissable insight into America's most unique and historic inter-school rivalry. The insular military subculture of the academies at West Point and Annapolis amplifies grid-iron's oblique detachment from the mainstream social model, with the result that the annual Army-Navy game becomes an almost religious experience in its intensity and significance. Unlike other heated college rivalries, which are based on mutual enmity, Army-Navy stems instead from mutual understanding: the players involved are brothers-in-arms in their dedication both to the nation's defence and to the "duty, honor and victory" of representing their school on the football field. For both teams as well, but especially for the Senior students whose last game ever is the Army-Navy clash, the passage of the season marks one more step towards the end of their football careers and the start of their military ones. This sense of inevitability and tragic predestination dominates Feinstein's nerve-jangling account of the final game. If the players and coaches of both teams lapse one time too many into clichéd rhetoric, then it is only because each and every game represents so much for them emotionally. At the same time, the fast-paced and vivid style with which Feinstein recalls the season captures perfectly the importance of the rivalry and football in general to the young men who play the game. Overall, A Civil War is an outstanding book from a first-rate sports writer that provides a valuable and inspiring perspective upon the athletic phenomenon of self-expression through competition.
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Summary: Should be required reading for every athelete.
Review: Maybe if the pampered pros were to read this book and find out what REAL players go through for the love of the game (and not the next endorsement deal,) there would be fewer stories about them driving drunk, snorting coke, or hitting their wives/girlfriends. Anyone who loves sports or the military should read this book. For those of us who love both, it's even better. Kudos to Mr. Feinstein and the boys at Army and Navy. Our country is in good hands.
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Summary: Best Football Book I Have Read
Review: NFL Players- This one is for you. Read about how players who play the game because they love it, and not just for the money act. Marvel at their integrity. Realize that for these kids, this is the only shot that they would ever get at D-1 ball, and take a look at how they use this chance. This is a great book for anyone, not mattering if you are a football fan or not, if you care about Navy-Army or not. This shows the game in its purest form at the college level
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Summary: Refreshing for those discouraged about loss of honor in US.
Review: There is hope for those of us who look at the National Mess in Washington, and want to despair! There are still great young people who will rise in the future to restore this country to greatness. They may not all come from West Point or Navy, but they are here among us! This book does a great job of telling it like it is, not how we would like it to be. Five star
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Summary: One of the best
Review: This beook is one of the best books about one of the oldest sports rivalies in the history of sports itself. As a long time fan of Navy football and a future midshipman at the naval academy all I have to say is GO NAVY!!!!!! BEAT ARMY!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Feinstein has done it again!
Review: This book does justice to one of America's best rivalries in sport. I grew up a short distance from West Point, but I had lost interest Army sports and the Army/Navy game...until reading this. It is amazing the way Feinstein makes you feel as if you are close friends and teammates with the players. He brings the players to life and THAT is what makes sports so engaging. I found myself rooting madly for both teams. This book makes you realize how wonderful college sports can be. It shows you the hard work and dedication that go into playing them, especially at the academies. I repeatedly found myself thinking, THIS is what college football is supposed to be. The love of the game, the love of teammates, the passion for competition. It is all here and it is all very well told. Even if you don't love sports you will be caught up in drama of Army/Navy. You can bet I will be watching the game this fall!
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Summary: Top honors!
Review: This book is one of the best from a legend in sports writing. If you are interested in the military academies or are simply a fan of the traditional Army-Navy game then this book will be time well spent. Gives the reader a view of what the season is like for the servicemen during the season and building up to the big game. Not to mention the sheer emotional highs and lows hit by the teams during the year, and the heartbreaking story of Navy kicker Ryan Buccianeri whose infamous missed kick (as a plebe) cost Navy the game the previous year.Few rivalries compare with the Army-Navy game. In fact, "game" doesn't really do the event justice. Feinstein does.
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Summary: A real gem, you will have a new respect for Army and Navy
Review: This book takes you inside the heart and soul of two teams, their players, and the schools. A touching story of death, honor, and redemption. It will bring you to tears. This book is so much more than football. It clearly shows the honor and commitment these two schools display during the season and long after they leave the gridiron.
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Summary: An exhilarating adventure of what sports are supposed to be.
Review: This book truly gets to the heart of what athletics are all about. John takes us on an exhilarating adventure through the great Army-Navy rivalry. This book defines the very essence of guts, determination, and the passion for excellence. Upon completion of this book, I felt as though I had lived the awesome adventure of this pure rivalry. I marveled at the awesome will displayed by each team in thier effort to prove to the country that they were worthy of playing college football at its highest level. These men did not ask for the easy way out, but rather asked for the next challenge. They did not ask to take on the small schools, but rather Notre Dame. As a former football player and current coach, these athletes gave me a new enthusiasm for striving to attain the highest level of excellence
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