Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century: An International PerspectiveChristopher M. Bell, Bruce A. Elleman This volume brings together a set of scholarly, readable and up-to-date essays covering the most significant naval mutinies of the 20th century, including Russia (1905), Brazil (1910), Austria (1918), Germany (1918), France (1918-19), Great Britain (1931), Chile (1931), the United States (1944), India (1946), China (1949), Australia, and Canada (1949). Each chapter addresses the causes of the mutiny in question, its long- and short-term repercussions, and the course of the mutiny itself. More generally, authors consider the state of the literature on their mutiny and examine significant historiographical issues connected with it, taking advantage of new research and new methodologies to provide something of value to both the specialist and non-specialist reader. The book provides fresh insights into issues such as what a mutiny is, what factors cause them, what navies are most susceptible to them, what responses lead to satisfactory or unsatisfactory conclusions, and how far-reaching their consequences tend to be. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Revolt of the Lash 1910 | 32 |
The Cattaro Mutiny 1918 | 54 |
Red Sailors and the Demise of the German Empire 1918 | 80 |
The French Naval Mutinies 1919 | 106 |
The HMAS Australia Mutiny 1919 | 123 |
Mutiny in the Chilean Navy 1931 | 145 |
The Invergordon Mutiny 1931 | 170 |
The Port Chicago Mutiny 1944 | 193 |
The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny 1946 | 212 |
The Chongqing Mutiny and the Chinese Civil War 1949 | 232 |
The Postwar Incidents in the Royal Canadian Navy | 246 |
Naval Mutinies in the Twentieth Century and Beyond | 264 |
Notes on Contributors | 277 |
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