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Mutiny!: Naval Insurrections In Australia And New ZealandStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionSince 1916 there have been more mutinies in the Royal Australian Navy than in any other maintained by an English-speaking nation. New Zealand has suffered only one - the largest in recent history. Drawing on correspondence, reports and interviews, this text examines why such outbreaks occur. Author descriptionDr Tom Frame is former RAN officer, a leading naval historian and the author of numerous bestselling naval histories including Where Fate Calls: the HMAS Voyager tragedy and HMAS Sydney: loss and controversy. Dr Kevin Baker is an economic historian and a university lecturer. Table of contentsAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and abbreviationsIntroductionThe evolution of mutinyMutiny and the Royal NavyThe New South Wales corps: were they really mutineers?Mutiny in the Australian colonial forcesA democratic navyWorld War IMutiny in whose flagship?The turbulent twentiesDepression disputesThe tumultuous thirtiesWorld War IIVanity and mutinyMutiny in New ZealandPostwar disappointmentMutiny in the Australian Army and Air ForceVolunteers and mutinyConscience and mutinyLooking back and moving onEndnotesIndex |