| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 95.3

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Book Review

Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American Revolution. By John A. Nagy. (Yardley: Westholme, 2008. xx, 386 pp. $29.95, ISBN 978-1-59416-055-4.)
Scholars continue to add specialized studies to the military history of the Revolutionary War. John A. Nagy's Rebellion in the Ranks makes a valuable contribution to this literature. Nagy scoured primary sources to find any mention of mutiny among the forces fighting the war.	1
Although the charge of mutiny appears in "5.8 percent of all the American courts martial" records, Nagy includes only those cases where there was an "actual" revolt or a threat of "armed insurrection," not acts of disobedience and insubordination (pp. xv–xvi). Using those criteria appendix A lists the date, location, and unit for fifty-six mutinies in the Continental Army, twenty-nine mutinies on American naval vessels, and twenty-nine mutinies in the Crown's forces. Maps locating these mutinies supplement the lists.	. . .

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