Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804170207 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dyer currently lives in Venice, California.. Geoff Dyer’s books include But Beautiful (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award); The Missing of the Somme; Out of Sheer Rage; The Ongoing Moment (winner of the ICP Infinity Award for writing on photography); Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi; and Zona. His many awards include the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and, mos
As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. A lanky Englishman in a deeply American world, Dyer brilliantly records daily life aboard this floating fortress, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity become forms of self-expression. At the same time we are reminded why Dyer is celebrated as one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.. So as an adult, naturally he jumped at the chance to spend a week onboard the aircraft carrier the USS George H.W. Bush. Part deft travelogue, part unerring social observation, and part finely honed comedy, Another Great Day at Sea is the inimitable Dyer’s account of his time spent wandering the ship’s maze of walkways, hatches, and stairs, and talking with the crew—from the Captain to
"complaints about the food and his inability to get a good meal until invited to the captain's table" according to Stuart J. Schwartz. This is my very first review of a book purchased from Amazon even though I have purchased hundreds of such books over the years; however, I feel that potential readers deserve a warning about this book. I am avid reader of books about military life and equipment, and was looking forward to this book as a current first person account of the operations of a modern aircraft carrier; however, amazingly, even though the author was able to spend two weeks aboard the carrier as observer with apparently rather complete access to the ship and its crew, there is very . Wonderful description of life aboard a Nimitz carrier, but his attitudes W. Brandt I have learned to have an appreciation of Naval Aviation through the writings of a great blogger, the late Carroll Lefon.Look up "Neptunus Lex" on the web to see the influence he had.So I wondered how I could possibly learn more about carrier operations by reading this book.Well, it is a perfect companion to Lex's writings, because while Lex (who was XO of the TOPGUN program at one time and had over 4,000 hours of FA/18 time) went to great effort in telling people **how ** things were on a carrier, Dyer tells you how it **feels**.From the time he leaves Bahr. I bet they gave him a good call sign Amazon Customer Although the author's time aboard the carrier was voluntary, one would have thought it was surely not. The book is a collection of whining, snarky comments and condescending remarks. I wonder why he did not embark on a Royal Navy ship insteadbut then he would have had one less inconvenience (lack of alcohol) upon which to constantly dwell. The facts that US Navy ships are dry along with being noisy, cramped and the food more akin to a cafeteria than a 5-star restaurant seemed to be major revelations to the author.Usually I pass along books after reading them
Fascinating. The physical environment of the ship ranges from claustrophobic mazes of narrow passages on the lower decks to the immense open surface of the flight deck. W. Bush as it cruised around the eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. From Booklist An aircraft carrier has frequently been described as a floating city. It is a city where an outsider immediately becomes aware that it is primed for high-tech warfare. But this is not an ordinary city. Most of the crew handle the pressures of constant drilling necessary to maintain military readiness, but Dyer notes some cases of burnout and attempted suicide. That is certainly the impression given by this unique, interesting, and surprising account of Dyer’s stay on the carrier George H. Their onboard leisure activities are limited, which is understandable since 14-hour workdays are common. --Jay Freeman . As Dyer indicates, the officers, as expected, are highly trained; but even