The Author
Bradley Peniston is managing editor of Defense News, the weekly newspaper of defense policy and procurement. He has covered the U.S. military in more than a dozen countries and spent time aboard more than 50 warships. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Naval Institute Proceedings, and elsewhere.
No Higher Honor is Peniston's second book. His first, Around the World with the U.S. Navy, presented an on-the-scene look at the sea service at the end of the 20th century, describing its people, ships, and aircraft as they grappled with new demands from Iceland to Chile to Iraq.
Praise for "Around the World with the U.S. Navy"
"Excellent...a remarkably detailed, honest portrait of life in today's Navy." — Seapower
"A keen depiction of the Navy today." — Florida Times-Union
"An excellent introduction to the Navy's hardware and various missions around the globe, written by a reporter who interviewed everyone from admirals to deck washers." — Marc J. Hershman, professor of marine affairs at the University of Washington
About The Book
No Higher Honor is the first book to detail the extraordinary tale of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) and the crew's heroic efforts to save the ship after it hit an Iranian mine in 1988. Drawing on years of research and scores of interviews, Bradley Peniston chronicles the origins of the Perry-class frigate; the crew's training; its operations in the Persian Gulf; the U.S. retaliation against Iran, which became the biggest surface battle since World War II; and the complex repairs that returned the ship to duty.
Published by Naval Institute Press, the 275-page book contains 20 photos, several diagrams of the damage, and a muster list of the shipmates aboard the Roberts during its fight for survival.
