"The Caine Mutiny" by Herman Wouk, published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1951. Later printing of the first edition with '1951' on the title page and copyright, without 'First Edition' imprint on the copyright page.

Hard boards, original dark-blue cloth, silvery lettering on spine; 6.1/4" x 9.1/2"; the endpapers are maps, xv + 494 pages, very good condition. The parts of the dust jacket [flaps and reduced back side] are inserted inside front cover.

"The Caine Mutiny" is a 1952 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by ship captains and other officers.

"The best novel on war I have ever read. Vivid characters, plot and superbly written. The description of the typhoon is breathtaking, as is the court martial scene (which was made into a very successful play). All this without a single word of profanity. Hugely recommended." [a private review]

The Novel that Inspired the Now-Classic Film The Caine Mutiny and the Hit Broadway Play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life-and mutiny-on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater 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. In the intervening half century, The Caine Mutiny has become a perennial favorite of readers young and old, has sold millions of copies throughout the world, and has achieved the status of a modern classic.

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