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Bilge_Rat · 07-15-10, 08:28 AM

I read Wouk's "Winds of War" and "War and remembrance". Good to show the epic sweep of WW2, but overall, I find his writing a bit to soap opera-ish.

Btw, there was a real-life "caine mutiny" aboard a US ship, the USS Vance in 1965:

http://www.aspen-ridge.net/DE_R_s/US...uss_vance.html

07-15-10, 08:28 AM	#11
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	I read Wouk's "Winds of War" and "War and remembrance". Good to show the epic sweep of WW2, but overall, I find his writing a bit to soap opera-ish. Btw, there was a real-life "caine mutiny" aboard a US ship, the USS Vance in 1965: http://www.aspen-ridge.net/DE_R_s/US...uss_vance.html __________________