Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by "Proceedings" Magazine
Their stories needed to be told. And classmates working together,
under a blanket of trust and friendship, was the only way to allow
people to open up. It was a three year journey into the hearts and
souls of America's youngest heroes to gather these important
historical accounts, but it was worth every hour spent. Inside this
book are the voices the first Annapolis graduates into a decade of
war and they remind us that America is in good hands.
They were walking to class on 9/11, wearing Naval Academy "summer
working blues," when the towers were struck. The campus went to
general quarters, battle stations. They would be the first class
after this attack to graduate into a nation at war and would be
faced, like so many past graduates, of rising to the challenge to
keeping America great. President Bush and Vice President Cheney
articulated a world at the crossroads, and the U.S. would
preemptively in seek enemies who threatened the national interest,
America would not again be terrorized.
In the Shadow of Greatness addresses issues that go beyond one USNA
class, it explains the trials of most military veterans of this
era. Understanding how a young person enlists to serve, deploys to
the fight, and returns home is unknown to most Americans. Veterans
pack up their uniforms, but never lose the call for service when
the return to civilian society.
The profiles in this book represent the "Next Great Generation" of
American leaders. Men and women who lost their innocence in battle
and their youths to a decade of deployments, throughout which they
never gave up hope. In exchange for down range scars, they gained
an unbreakable sense of purpose to America's ideals--freedom,
equality, and democracy.
The compilation is the most authentic and raw narrative to emerge
from the Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond. The reader enjoys a
spectrum of stories, each patriotic and honorable. The narratives
are meant to inspire, educate, and reveal a world many don't
understand. Its contents are readable and easy to appreciate.
The Class of 2002--and more broadly, the one million veterans of
the Long War--are America's leaders of tomorrow. Read this book to
learn what they endured and why they are prepared.
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