Command Decision is a war novel by William Wister Haines , serialized in 1946–47 in four parts in The Atlantic Monthly . It was published in book form in 1947. It was developed from the unproduced play of the same title in order to provide a market for a Broadway production that followed in 1947, then adapted as a film in 1948. The novel depicts the stresses and emotional toll on the commander of a United States Army Air Forces general, K.C. "Casey" Dennis, in implementing a costly series of attacks by B-17 Flying Fortresses against German industries manufacturing jet fighters .
4-499: Command Decision may refer to: Command Decision (novel) , a 1947 World War II novel by William Wister Haines Command Decision (Moon novel) , in the Vatta's War science fiction series by Elizabeth Moon (2007) Command Decision (film) , a 1948 World War II film starring Clark Gable Command Decision (play) , a 1948 World War II play starring James Whitmore Command Decision ,
8-421: A novel by Elizabeth Moon in the Vatta's War series "Command Decision" (Dad's Army episode) , a 1968 episode of Dad's Army Command Decision , a series of miniature wargames by Game Designer's Workshop Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Command Decision . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-504: The first important work of fiction about World War II . They differ from most of the prior war-themed works from that period, which stressed the experiences of average citizens forced to go to war, in that Command Decision explores the pressures of leadership, political in-fighting, moral conflicts, and psychological effects rather than glamorizing combat, and frankly admitting the high losses in men and materiel that characterized air combat. The novel has no action scenes and takes place over
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