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A new edition of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was one of the first books to consider the moral complexities and the human tragedy of World War II.When Lieutenant Commander Philip Queeg is given the captaincy of the destroyer-minesweeper USS Caine, Ensign Willie Keith believes that the tough Naval Academy graduate will bring much-needed discipline to the Caine's rough crew. But Queeg soon reveals himself to be a cowardly, paranoid man. When his actions begin to endanger not just the crew but the war effort itself, Keith finds himself faced with a terrible choice: obey Queeg, and risk the lives of his shipmates and allies - or mutiny. Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life and mutiny on a Navy warship in the Pacific theatre was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. "With the whole world as its setting, The Winds of War tells the intimate story of an American family - a Navy family - caught up in the vortex of world conflict... World history comes to life at a personal, eyewit

Who reads The Caine Mutiny : A Novel of World War II?

Author

Wouk, Herman

Publisher

Reader's Digest Association

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316248570

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure

Rating

4.23 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14