The 'Caine' Mutiny

It was not a mutiny in the old-time sense, of course, with flashing of cutlasses, a captain in chains, and desperate sailors turning outlaws. After all, it happened in 1944 in the United States Navy. But the court of inquiry recommended trial for mutiny, and the episode became known as "the Caine mutiny" throughout the service. The story begins with Willie Keith because the event turned on his personality as the massive door of a vault turns on a small jewel bearing.

Published 1952.

Binding of book is loose. Missing dust jacket. Moderate fraying, shelfwear and darkening of covers. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Annotations in pencil and some foxing on endpapers. Wormholes on front board and endpaper. Heavy foxing, text imprints and slight creasing on certain pages. Annotation in pen on one page.