Command Decision (game)
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'', 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 Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers. History Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. The founding me ...

Command Decision (novel)
''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. The collective trio has been called 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, ...
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Command Decision (Moon Novel)
''Vatta's War'' is a science fiction series by American writer Elizabeth Moon, comprising five books: ''Trading in Danger'' (2003), ''Marque and Reprisal'' (2004) (''Moving Target'' in UK and Australia), ''Engaging the Enemy'' (2006), ''Command Decision'' (2007), and ''Victory Conditions'' (2008). They have been characterized as military science fiction similar in style to the works of Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga), David Weber and Walter Jon Williams (Dread Empire's Fall). The books follow the adventures of Kylara Vatta, a young member of the Vatta family, which runs the interstellar shipping corporation Vatta Enterprises. She had sought a life outside the family business by enrolling in the Slotter Key Spaceforce Academy, but she is forced to resign in her final year and assigned to captain an old trading ship for the corporation. Her military training is put to good use, however, during the crises she faces, first as a ship captain in dangerous situations, and later a ...
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Command Decision (film)
''Command Decision'' is a 1949 war film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, and Brian Donlevy, and directed by Sam Wood, based on the 1948 Command Decision (play), stage play of the same name written by William Wister Haines, which he based on his best-selling 1947 novel. The screenplay for the film was written by George Froeschel and William R. Laidlaw. Haines' play ran on Broadway for almost a year beginning in October 1947. Although portraying the strategic bombing of Nazi Germany in World War II, the main action takes place almost entirely within the confines of the headquarters of its protagonist. Depicting the political infighting of conducting a major war effort, the film's major theme is the emotional toll on commanders from ordering missions that result in high casualties, the effects of sustained combat on all concerned, and the nature of accountability for its consequences. Plot In 1943, at the Ministry of Information (Un ...
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Command Decision (play)
''Command Decision'' was a 1948 play in three acts written by William Wister Haines, and formed the basis for his best-selling novel of the same title. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and directed by John O'Shaughnessy, it ran for 409 performances from October 1, 1947 to September 18, 1948 at the Fulton Theatre in New York City. Paul Kelly won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play that year, while James Whitmore received the Tony Award for Best Newcomer. Haines, a novelist, served during World War II as an intelligence officer on the staff of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England between 1942 and 1945. From his experiences he wrote ''Command Decision'' as a stage play in 1945 but was unable to sell it. He followed suggestions that he first publish it in novel form and the book became both a best-seller and critical success. Dialogue describing the infighting to build strategic airpower over the two decades preceding U.S. participation in World War II, particularly spoken by Gener ...
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Vatta's War
''Vatta's War'' is a science fiction series by American writer Elizabeth Moon, comprising five books: ''Trading in Danger'' (2003), ''Marque and Reprisal'' (2004) (''Moving Target'' in UK and Australia), ''Engaging the Enemy'' (2006), ''Command Decision'' (2007), and ''Victory Conditions'' (2008). They have been characterized as military science fiction similar in style to the works of Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga), David Weber and Walter Jon Williams (Dread Empire's Fall). The books follow the adventures of Kylara Vatta, a young member of the Vatta family, which runs the interstellar shipping corporation Vatta Enterprises. She had sought a life outside the family business by enrolling in the Slotter Key Spaceforce Academy, but she is forced to resign in her final year and assigned to captain an old trading ship for the corporation. Her military training is put to good use, however, during the crises she faces, first as a ship captain in dangerous situations, and later a ...
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Command Decision (Dad's Army Episode)
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'', 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 Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers. History Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. The founding me ...