The Apathetic and the Defiant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1812-1919

by Craig L. Mantle (Editor)

Overview

Canadian soldiers have served their country for centuries, and for the most part they have done so honourably and loyally. Yet, on certain occasions, their conduct has been anything but honourable. Whether by disobeying their legal orders, terrorizing the local population, or committing crimes in general, some soldiers have embodied the very antithesis of appropriate military conduct.

Covering examples of unsavoury behaviour in the representatives of our military forces from the War of 1812 to the immediate aftermath of the First World War, The Apathetic and the Defiant reveals that disobedience and mutiny have marked all of the major conflicts in which Canada has participated. Canadian military indiscipline has long been overshadowed by the nation's victories and triumphs ... until now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459710757
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	02/12/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Craig Leslie Mantle is a researcher at the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute. He is also a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary and the editor of The Unwilling and the Reluctant: Theoretical Perspectives on Disobedience in the Military (Canadian Defence Academy Press).

Craig Leslie Mantle is a researcher at the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute. He is also a Ph.D candidate at the University of Calgary and the editor of The Unwilling and the Reluctant: Theoretical Perspectives on Disobedience in the Military (Canadian Defence Academy Press).

Table of Contents

Foreword   Major-General P.R. Hussey     9
Preface   Colonel Bernd Horn     11
Acknowledgements   Craig Leslie Mantle     13
Introduction   Craig Leslie Mantle     15
The Nineteenth Century
"The People, from Being Tyrannically Treated, Would Rejoice in Being Captured by the Americans": Mutiny and the Royal Navy During the War of 1812   Martin Hubley   Thomas Malcomson     31
The Lincoln Militia's War of 1812   James W. Paxton     85
Discontent in Upper Canada During the War of 1812: The 2nd Leeds Regiment of Gananoque   Howard G. Coombs     115
Emboldened by Bad Behaviour: The Conduct of the Canadian Army in the Northwest, 1870 to 1873   Jim McKillip     147
Bringing Our Heroes Home: Resistance, Disorder, Riot, and "Mutiny" Among Canada's South African Warriors   Carman Miller     171
The First World War
Soldiers Behaving Badly: CEF Soldier "Rioting" in Canada During the First World War   P. Whitney Lackenbauer     195
Polished Leathers and Gleaming Steel: Charges of Mutiny in the Canadian Army Service Corps at Bramshott Camp, England, November 1917   Craig Leslie Mantle     261
Military Discipline, Punishment, and Leadership in the First World War: The Case of the 2nd Canadian Division   David Campbell     297
For Bully and Biscuits: Charges of Mutiny in the 43rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, November and December 1917   Craig Leslie Mantle     343
Crisis in Leadership: The Seventh Brigade and the Nivelles "Mutiny," 1918   Ian McCulloch     373
Dimensions of Military Leadership: The Kinmel Park Mutiny of 4-5 March 1919   Howard G. Coombs     405
Disaffection and Disobedience in the Aftermath of the First World War: The Canadian Assault on the Epsom Police Station, 17 June 1919   Nikolas Gardner     439
Appendix 8.1     465
Appendix 8.2     466
Appendix 8.3     467
Appendix 8.4     468
Appendix 8.5     469
Appendix 8.6     470
Appendix 11     473
Glossary     477
Contributors     481
Index     484

Editorial Reviews

[This book] should appeal to serious students of military history as well as potential leaders at all levels.

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