Exploration of 1964 East African army mutinies that analyzes institutional violence, aggression, and military unrest in former colonial societies.
Introduction The Nature of Colonial Military Service The Colonial Army and Independence The Askaris Intervene, January 1964 The Legacy of the Barracks Revolts, 1964-1971 Conclusion Appendix: Interviews Selected Bibliography Index
TIMOTHY H. PARSONS holds a joint appointment as an Associate Professor in the history department and the African and Afro-American Studies program at Washington University in St. Louis.
"This is the first reliable, fully researched, historical study of
the East African barrack protests that, with the mutiny of the
Congo's Force Public in 1960, inaugurated the long drama of
military intervention in modern African public life. The political
scientist who first commented on these events had to pad out
slender evidence with ample theory. Parsons, by contrast, has used
abundant evidence to construct an argument. . . . This is a
marvelous work of history."-John Lonsdale Reader in African History
and Fellow of Trinity College University of Cambridge
?Excellent notes and bibliography and helpful maps, tables,
illustrations, and index should make this title appealing to a wide
audience. Recommended. Most collections.?-Choice
?Parson's book is a well-researched, very solid study of the causes
and impact of the unrest in 1964. His use of interviews with
informants actually involved in the events (not easy to obtain) and
his discussion of other theories about the events is very useful
and informative....belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in
civil-military relations and coups in postcolonial
Africa.?-International Journal of African Historical Studies
?Parsons has conducted a path-breaking analysis about an important
subject. As such, his work represents a unique and commendable
contribution to our understanding of the various roles played by
the military in African societies.?-The American Historical
Review
?Timothy Parsons's work provides incomparably the best account of
the events in the three mainland territories. It is a meticulously
careful study using a very wide variety of sources, British and
East African....No student of East Africa in the last colonial
years and early months of independence can afford to miss out on
this very valuable work.?-The Journal of Military History/Project
Muse
"Excellent notes and bibliography and helpful maps, tables,
illustrations, and index should make this title appealing to a wide
audience. Recommended. Most collections."-Choice
"Parsons has conducted a path-breaking analysis about an important
subject. As such, his work represents a unique and commendable
contribution to our understanding of the various roles played by
the military in African societies."-The American Historical
Review
"Timothy Parsons's work provides incomparably the best account of
the events in the three mainland territories. It is a meticulously
careful study using a very wide variety of sources, British and
East African....No student of East Africa in the last colonial
years and early months of independence can afford to miss out on
this very valuable work."-The Journal of Military History/Project
Muse
"Parson's book is a well-researched, very solid study of the causes
and impact of the unrest in 1964. His use of interviews with
informants actually involved in the events (not easy to obtain) and
his discussion of other theories about the events is very useful
and informative....belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in
civil-military relations and coups in postcolonial
Africa."-International Journal of African Historical Studies
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