Books, Arts & Manners: Casus Belli

Something to Die For, by James Webb (William Morrow, 416 pp., $20)

AS A MARINE Jim Webb distinguished himself fighting in Southeast Asia. Returning home, he recuperated from his wounds, worked on Capitol Hill, and joined a few brawls ignited by the cooling embers of the Vietnam War. He campaigned against Maya Lin’s winning design for Washington’s Vietnam War memorial, and he made a principled stand against allowing women into the Naval Academy, his alma mater; one of his four novels, A Sense of Honor, argues clearly and passionately why the Academy should remain all male.

About the Author

Seth Cropsey

Seth Cropsey is president of Yorktown Institute. He served as a naval officer and as deputy undersecretary of the Navy. The U.S. Naval Institute Press published his most recent book, co-authored with Harry Halem, Breaking the New Axis: A U.S. Grand Strategy for Eurasia, in April.

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Something to Die For, by James Webb (William Morrow, 416 pp., $20)

AS A MARINE Jim Webb distinguished himself fighting in Southeast Asia. Returning home, he recuperated from his wounds, worked on Capitol Hill, and joined a few brawls ignited by the cooling embers of the Vietnam War. He campaigned against Maya Lin’s winning design for Washington’s Vietnam War memorial, and he made a principled stand against allowing women into the Naval Academy, his alma mater; one of his four novels, A Sense of Honor, argues clearly and passionately why the Academy should remain all male.

About the Author

Seth Cropsey

Seth Cropsey is president of Yorktown Institute. He served as a naval officer and as deputy undersecretary of the Navy. The U.S. Naval Institute Press published his most recent book, co-authored with Harry Halem, Breaking the New Axis: A U.S. Grand Strategy for Eurasia, in April.