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 enlarge | Author: Jeff Huber
Publisher: Kunati Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 369337
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 1601640196
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781601640192
ASIN: 1601640196
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Great Novel June 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jeff Huber's book exposes the folly of the Navy establishment, while respecting the Navy itself. Some passages are poignant, some are gut-wrenching, but above all the ebullient satire asserts itself.
This could be described as a "roman a clef". I recommend it to all readers.
Be sure and check out Jeff Hubers's blog at [...]
His penetrating insights into current events are not to be missed.
Oh did I mention? - "Bathtub Admirals" is a great write - the best I've read of late.
Read It Twice May 19, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The day after I blew through this book in an afternoon/evening spent in too many waiting lounges, I realized I HAD to read it again, now that I know all the characters.
The second time through I found many points that made me stop and just shake my head. It was even better the second time through.
Huber's officially on my "I'll read anything he writes" list.
Sea Daze May 2, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am not a Navy man. I get seasick, in fact. But Jeff Huber's novel, Bathtub Admirals, took me out to sea and got me sick with laughter. The is the kind of skewer job the Pentagon deserves and that should hit the big screen with a hilarious bang. As an outsider, I always wonder how intelligent and capable our military leaders are. No doubt, there are bright and competent ones. But you fear that the majority are just exactly who Mr. Huber describes in his novel. This book should be read by all those who have served in the military, no matter what branch, and by those who have a real concern for this country because of the people who run it. And also for those who don't mind a good laugh while their steaming.
Admirals Are Just VP's With Stars On Their Hats May 1, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
You definitely don't need to have spent any time in the military to appreciate Bathtub Admirals. Anyone who has worked in corporate America will recognize the self-serving incompetents who blunder their way through this book. The only difference is these guys wear snazzy uniforms and play with nuclear weapons.
The book follows the career of Jack Hogan who works his way up the naval ladder instead of the corporate one, going from a lieutenant (jg) to commander. The rungs on the ladder are cluttered with shipboard (read "office") politics, chief idiots in charge, and vague attempts to win the War On Evil, which is synonymous with the corporate need to drive the stock price through the roof so everybody can cash in their options.
Huber's satire is brazen, as broad as the ocean and twice as salty. The book contains a wide variety of explicit language (these are sailors; you weren't expecting hymns, were you?) and some delightful adult scenes.
Bathtub Admirals is a short, enjoyable read.
Catch-22, updated April 26, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Anyone who has read Heller's Catch-22 (or Stephenson's Cryptonomicon) will recognize the style, and the author clearly acknowledges Heller's ancestry. Still, this book is shorter, less shark-jumpingly outrageous, both funnier and sadder than Heller's novel. Follow the US Navy career of Jack Hogan as he makes it from youthful Cold-War "Hawkeye Man" Lieutenant (junior grade) to disillusioned Commander, forced to take the fall for the latest retarded exercise blunder -- in a Navy that has no other enemy left except politicking, incompetence, inter-service rivalry and the looming swamp of the War on Evil. Contains deliciously explicit language, adult scenes and references to people like "Admiral Fix Felon" (pulling Fix Felonies of course), "Senator Ex-Prisoner-of-War", "Senator Tailhook", and "General F. Lee Kent" (SACEUR during Allied Force) and tall Sea Stories.
Disclosure: Haven't been near a Carrier, ever.
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