This is the first book to address the topic of mutiny in and of
itself, or to present mutiny in a comparative framework. The
fourteen contributors, a mixture of military, social, and political
historians, examine instances of mutiny that occurred from ancient
to modern times and on nearly every continent. Their findings call
into question standard definitions of mutiny, while shedding new
light on the patterns that mutiny tends to take, as well as the
interactions that can occur between mutinous soldiers and
surrounding civilian societies. While standard definitions of
mutiny emphasize mass defiance by rank-and-file soldiers of the
orders of their military superiors, the essays here demonstrate
that mutiny can often take other forms.
Mutiny could consist of mass desertion, insurgency in the face
of competing military and political authorities, or lengthy strings
of strikes and assassinations against military and political
superiors. The threat of mutiny, furthermore, could be as potent as
an actual outbreak. Areas studied include early modern Europe, the
Ottoman Empire, the antebellum United States, the British Empire,
revolutionary Russia, the emerging nation-states of Latin America,
imperial and Communist China, fascist Italy, war-torn Vietnam, and
Nasser's Egypt. In the concluding section, contributors assess
commemorations of mutiny and how they are modified or distorted in
the process of their incorporation into official and popular
memory.
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