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The 1964 Army Mutinies and the Making of Modern East Africa
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Exploration of 1964 East African army mutinies that analyzes institutional violence, aggression, and military unrest in former colonial societies.

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

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"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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