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Herman Wouk

USA · WWII — epic fiction

About

Navy veteran of the Pacific whose Pulitzer-winning fiction — The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance — became the great American fictional chronicle of the entire war.

Books in Database (3)

The Caine Mutiny cover
The Caine Mutiny 1951 · 537 pages

Officers of a Pacific minesweeper relieve their unstable captain during a typhoon — and face court-martial for it.

Historical Fiction
The Winds of War cover
The Winds of War 1971 · 885 pages

An American naval officer and his family are swept up in the opening years of the war, from Hitler's invasion.

Historical Fiction
War and Remembrance cover
War and Remembrance 1978 · 1042 pages

The sequel to The Winds of War carries the Henry family from Pearl Harbor through Midway, Leyte Gulf, and Auschwitz.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1939 Invasion of Poland 1940 Dunkirk Evacuation 1941 The Holocaust 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1942 Battle of Midway 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf