Author: John Mccain
Translator: So-cheol Ji
Publisher: Hyeonjae
352 pages | 210*148mm
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About This Book
John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States
government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a
political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and
ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek,
"makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies."
John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and
father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. This is a memoir about
their lives, their heroism, and the ways that sons are shaped and
enriched by their fathers.
John McCain's grandfather was a gaunt, hawk-faced man known as Slew by
his fellow officers and, affectionately, as Popeye by the sailors who
served under him. McCain Sr. played the horses, drank bourbon and water,
and rolled his own cigarettes with one hand. More significant, he was
one of the navy's greatest commanders, and led the strongest aircraft
carrier force of the Third Fleet in key battles during World War II.
John McCain's father followed a similar path, equally distinguished by
heroic service in the navy, as a submarine commander during World War
II. McCain Jr. was a slightly built man, but like his father, he earned
the respect and affection of his men. He, too, rose to the rank of
four-star admiral, making the McCains the first family in American
history to achieve that distinction. McCain Jr.'s final assignment was
as commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific during the Vietnam War.
It was in the Vietnam War that John McCain III faced the most difficult
challenge of his life. A naval aviator, he was shot down over Hanoi in
1967 and seriously injured. When Vietnamese military officers realized
he was the son of a top commander, they offered McCain early release in
an effort to embarrass the United States. Acting from a sense of honor
taught him by his father and the U.S. Naval Academy, McCain refused the
offer. He was tortured, held in solitary confinement, and imprisoned for
five and a half years.
Faith of My Fathers is about what McCain learned from his grandfather
and father, and how their example enabled him to survive those hard
years. It is a story of three imperfect men who faced adversity and
emerged with their honor intact. Ultimately, Faith of My Fathers shows
us, with great feeling and appreciation, what fathers give to their
sons, and what endures.
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