Back شورش کین Persian Ouragan sur le Caine (roman) French המרד על הקיין HE Zendülés a Caine hadihajón (regény) Hungarian L'ammutinamento del Caine (romanzo) Italian The Caine Mutiny SIMPLE The Caine Mutiny Turkish 凯恩号哗变 Chinese
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Herman Wouk |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John Hull[1] |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | March 19, 1951[2] |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
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 mutiny of the title is legalistic, not violent, and takes place during Typhoon Cobra, in December 1944. The court-martial that results provides the dramatic climax to the plot.
The novel was later adapted into a 1954 movie of the same name, as well as a similarly named play in 1953, an American TV film in 1955 and an Australian TV film in 1959 both based on the play, and a similarly named 2023 film reboot.
- ^ Modern first editions – a set on Flickr
- ^ "Books Published Today". The New York Times: 24. March 19, 1951.