The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II by Herman Wouk (PDF)

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a perennial favorite of readers young and old, Herman Wouk’s masterful World War II drama set aboard a U.S. Navy warship in the Pacific is “a novel of brilliant virtuosity” (Times Literary Supplement). 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 sold millions of copies throughout the world, and has achieved the status of a modern classic.

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⭐There’s a reason this book is a classic. It has everything: war, love, scandal, betrayal, heroism, and an open ending. Does the hero get the girl? Which of the officers still sleeps well at night? Great reading and the audio book is just as good.

⭐When I first started the book, I feared it would be a bit too lit’rary for my tastes. It was not. The characters are well made, and the situations they find themselves in are a window into the early 1940s in America and in the Navy.Through the eyes of Willie, it is a nice study in leadership as well. Queeg, of course is a pompous buffoon, but the other leaders in the book show the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of leadership styles. In the end, confrontation with life and death–close up and personal–is what it takes to galvanize Willie’s character, and make him a man that is worthy of respect . . . which he is not, at the beginning of the book.

⭐A story to be relished slowly because as all things must, it comes to an end. It’s ridiculous to quote accolades, just read it and enjoy. One of the rare books I would read again.

⭐Years ago I read The Winds of War and War and Remembrance but for some reason never got around to THE CAINE MUTINY. Although I knew the story, until a couple of weeks ago I had never seen the Oscar winning movie of the same name. However, after watching the movie, and forever enstilling the vision of Captain Quegg as Humphrey Boggard, I was determined to read the book. Like other reviewers have said, its a wonderful read; a wonderful story and a trip down memory lane in terms of Americana; life in the 1940’s and also life in the work place. And for those who loved the movie, an epilogue to what happens to the Caine, since the book goes on past the court martial.As anyone who has ever been in the work place knows, the minute you become a whistle blower, or want to expose a problem, you become a solitary act. All those who egged you on and told you how right you were suddenly get amnesia when it comes to backing you up – so found Captain Maryk.But one of the things that struck me about the book is its references to class difference – ie, Willie, the mama’s boy from Princeton and money and May from the immigrant class of Catholics – a world away from the WASP world into which Willie was born. We never know the fate of Willie and May, but if I had to bet, I’d say that the marriage would never work. To many differences and a romance born in the passions of war.There are a number of openly anti semetic comments about Jews and Greenwald is made to be the epitome of the stereypes of the 1940’s about Jewish lawyers.Catholics lived in a different world. Willie has to think long and hard about marry a Catholic.The US Navy of the Caine Mutiny was one were blacks in the Navy only served as stewards – not good enough to man a gun or work on an engine.The constant smoking of the characters, in virtually any and all situations is a world that it totally foreign to contemporary Americans.The taboo on pre-marital sex is a big element of Willie’s relationship with May and his mother’s dislike for her. The thoughts of a young couple like Willie and May going off for a weekend together and getting separate rooms is pretty foreign in today’s world.All of this adds to the aura of the book and the lessons in American history that it provides. They are the signs of the America of the 1940’s.Reading The Caine Mutiny was a wonderful experience. It’s a classic that should be read by all! It provides many lessons on how America has changed for the better but also how many situations like crazy bosses and unlikely romances live on today and will continue to live on as long as humans populate the earth.

⭐”The Caine Mutiny” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk. Written in 1950, it tells the story of a fictional mutiny that takes place aboard a decrepit U.S. Navy destroyer- minesweeper during World War II.This is an outstanding novel in every respect. It tells its story through the eyes of Ensign Willie Keith, a newly minted naval reserve officer who reports aboard the “USS Caine” as his first assignment. The “Caine” is a broken down, World War I vintage “rust-bucket,” with a slovenly crew and an outwardly hard-nosed captain, Lt. Commander William DeVriess. Keith and DeVriess take an immediate dislike to each other, and are constantly at odds.Keith is glad when DeVriess is relieved as ship’s captain by Lt. Commander Philip Queeg, who appears at first as an outwardly affable but by-the-book officer. Hopes initially rise that life aboard the “Caine” will get better, but it soon becomes evident that things are going to be much worse under Queeg’s command. A series of incidents occur that show Queeg to be an incompetent commander; an overbearing tyrant who browbeats his officers and crew, blames everyone else but himself for his mistakes, displays cowardice under fire, obsesses about petty incidents aboard ship, and displays personality traits that reveal an unstable mind.Three of the “Caine’s” officers – Keith, Lt. Tom Keefer, and the ship’s executive officer, Lt. Steve Maryk – all eventually become convinced that Queeg is so mentally unstable that he should be replaced as captain of the “Caine.” Maryk and Keefer initially intend to request Queeg’s relief from higher headquarters, but back out at the last minute.Soon after that, the “Caine” finds itself as one of several ships riding out a typhoon in the Pacific. The ship is soon in mortal danger; Queeg issues a series of orders that will only make matters worse for the ship, possibly resulting in its loss with all hands. Maryk countermands Queeg’s orders and relieves the captain. Keith and Keefer are present at the time and concur with Maryk’s decisions.I won’t give away any more of the story. You’ll have to read this outstanding novel to find out what happens to the “Caine” and its officers and crew.I first read “The Caine Mutiny” when I was still in high school, some forty-plus years ago. I re-read it just a few short weeks ago, and enjoyed it just as much the second time I read it as I did the first. It’s one of those good, old-fashioned novels that has a fascinating plot, extremely well-developed characters, and a style of prose that keeps readers engaged throughout its 500-plus pages. Above all, “The Caine Mutiny” book entertains. Highly recommended.

⭐This I one of the most enjoyable books that I have read for a long time. The story just zips along. Although it is a long read, 656 pages in length, there does not appear to be a surplus page or even a surplus sentence, the whole book adds up to a very good read. The book is much more than just The Caine Mutiny.It is about relationships, class war, and companionship at times of great stress and danger. The characters are strong, and truly add to the greatness of the book. You sometimes wonder how books got below the radar, and that you never got round to reading it, this is one example. I am so glad I found it before it was too late. An excellent read.

⭐I’ve started reading some past Pulitzer prize winning novels and since I so much enjoyed Herman Wouk’s WWII two volume epic, I picked this. i remember seeing the Humphrey Bogart film many years ago but not much of the detail. The book I am sure is much more tan the film could be. for a start it is quite a long story and the characterisations so rich, that I was rapidly immersed in all the emotions that they lived through. I loved it.

⭐I first read this book when I was about 14. It remains an excellent and taut novel of the US Navy in the Pacific during World War 2 although the language is from that era and feels somewhat dated. The book is not so much about the mutiny on the Caine but much more about the development of the characters during a prolonged series of incidents on an ageing minesweeper.

⭐Wow. Just amazing. I saw the film years ago. Didnt realise there was a book. The book is great. I can see why Bogart wanted to be in the film.

⭐Herman Wouk’s magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A truly great coming-of-age saga! The scènes surrounding the Mutiny, and the subsequent Court Martial, comprise some of the finest dramatic writing committed to print in the 20th century. Wouk is a genius; unfortunately too many modern critics are bigoted idiots.

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