Author, Veteran, and Statesman

James Webb

1 article 1997

James Webb is a former U.S. Secretary of the Navy, decorated Marine combat veteran, novelist, and former U.S. Senator from Virginia. A prominent voice on military affairs and veterans' issues, he contributed to The Weekly Standard with writing on military culture. His career has spanned government service, journalism, and fiction, including his acclaimed Vietnam War novel 'Fields of Fire.'

The War on the Military Culture

January 20, 1997 · Magazine

During the summer of 1975, a debate of historic proportions occurred on the floor of the House of Representatives. The debate was significant not because of its rhetoric, which was rather shopworn, or because the issue under discussion was dramatic -- a bill mandating the admission of women to the…