The Insubordinate and the Noncompliant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1920 to Present
by Coombs, Howard G
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Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, and the paper covers are bright and unworn, This is a collection of scholarly papers examining indients of insubordination and military mutiny in 20th century. Contents: -- 1. Good men pushed too far? the First Canadian Parachute Battalion hunger strike, 20-23 October 1944, by Bernd Horn. -- 2. The revolt of the Canadian generals, 1944: the case for the Prosecution, by Richard J. Walker. -- 3. Leadership and lack of moral fibre in Bomber Command, 1939-1945: lessons for today and tomorrow. by Allan English. -- 4. Errant aircrew: a case for "grey" insubordination in No. 6 Group (Royal Canadian Air Force), Bomber Command in 1943, by David Bercuson. -- 5. Murder by Spitfire? probing for mutiny and indiscipline in Canada's Second World War Air Force, by Dean C. Black. -- 6. After the emergency: demobilization strikes, political statements, and the moral economy in Canada's Air Forces, 1919-1946, by Rachel Lea Heide. -- 7. Matelots, martinets, and mutineers: the mutiny in HMCS Iroquois, 19 July 1943. by Michael Whitby. -- 8. Protestors or traitors? investigating cases of crew sabotage in the Royal Canadian Navy, 1942-1945, by Richard O. Mayne. -- 9. The V-E Day riots in Halifax, 7-8 May 1945, by Robert H. Caldwell. -- 10. The post-war "incidents" in the Royal Canadian Navy, 1949. by Richard H. Gimblett. -- 11. The storm over unification of the Armed Forces: a crisis of Canadian civil-military relations, by Daniel P. Gosselin. -- 12. The Air Force and flight safety: a culture of tolerated disobedience?, by Randall Wakelam. -- 13. When orders conflict: a perspective from the Board of Inquiry - Croatia, by Gordon Sharpe. -- 14. What did you expect? an examination of disobedience in the former Canadian Airborne Regiment, 1968-1995, by Bernd Horn. -- 15. Complete table of pre-unification and post-unification ranks of all services.
Synopsis
Part of a three vol. set; companion to The unwilling and the reluctant. c2006 and The apathetic and the defiant. c2007. Issued also in French under title: Les insubordonnés et les insurgés. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Title
- The Insubordinate and the Noncompliant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1920 to Present
- Author
- Coombs, Howard G
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1550027646
- ISBN 13
- 9781550027648
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2008
- LCCN
- 2008396964
- Keywords
- Adult Non-Fiction, Military History, Mutiny, Canadian Army, Canadian Forces, First Canadian Parachute Brigade, armed Forces Unificatioin, First Canadian Parachute Batallion, Bomber Command, Canadian Airborne Regiment
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- Canadiana; World War II;
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