TY - BOOK AU - Dwyer,Maggie TI - Soldiers in revolt: army mutinies in Africa SN - 9781849048293 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Hurst & Company KW - Sedición KW - Africa KW - Historia KW - Sedición militar KW - Delitos militares KW - África KW - Insubordinación KW - África Occidental N1 - 1; The Popular Allure and Academic Neglect of Mutinies --; Beyond indiscipline --; Mutinies in Africa --; Book overview --; 2; Out of the Shadows of Coups --; Identifying mutiny --; Researching the mutineers' perspective --; Documenting mutinies in West and Central Africa --; 3; The Typical Mutiny: Patterns in Participants, Tactics and Outcomes --; The uncomfortable place of rank-and-file soldiers in Africa --; Private problems --; `The problems are between the generals and us' --; Mutineers' playbook --; Mutineers' public relations campaigns --; Violence as an ace or a bluff --; The predictably unpredictable nature of mutinies --; Determining success in a mutiny --; Conclusion --; 4; Public Discourse, Protests and Revolts --; Global trends lead to ground-level complaints --; Dual mobilisation --; Borrowed scripts --; Freedom to mutiny --; Conclusion --; 5; The Price of Hardship: Deployments and Peacekeeping --; Risks, entitlements and respect --; Familiar complaints, new importance --; Pay problems --; The problem with transparency --; Revealing the greener grass --; Cohesion and division --; Conclusion --; 6; A Coup Hidden in a Mutiny: Case Study of Sierra Leone --; The shifting role of the military --; The Tigers are tested --; From objections to actions --; Operation Mutiny becomes Operation Coup --; `A change that changed little' --; A new military with new problems --; Conclusion --; 7; Mutinies with Unintended Consequences: Case Study of The Gambia --; The reluctant creation of the Gambian armed forces --; The divisive effects of the Confederal Army --; Dissatisfaction among the peacekeepers --; Mutinies lead to a contentious caretaker --; The unresolved problems grow --; The third and final strike --; Potential problems below the surface --; Conclusion --; 8; An Escalating Cycle of Mutinies: Case Study of Burkina Faso --; A temporary civilian-military union --; A tested tactic --; Familiar dissatisfaction reignited --; The military enters the scene --; Mutiny finale --; Depth of the grievances --; The exceptionally uninterested sectors --; New changes replicate old patterns --; Memory of the mutinies continues --; Conclusion --; 9; An Altered View of Mutinies --; Future of mutinies in West and Central Africa --; A revised view of mutinies ER -