Wednesday, May 02, 2007

A Brief History of Mutiny by Richard Woodman

A Brief History of Mutiny by Richard Woodman describes the major examples of naval mutiny from the 15th through 20th century. In this book there are descriptions of the classic mutinies such as those against Magellan, Drake, the Bounty and Potemkin. There isn't much as far as new scholarship goes but the book provides a nice summary. There is also coverage of more obscure examples that took place within the Turkish and American fleets. The book contains a bibliography but no endnotes. There is a glossary with descriptions of naval terms.

A decent summary on an interesting topic.

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