Durban 1942: A British Troopship Revolt [Hardcover]

G. R. Rubin (Author)

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Publication Date: August 16, 2003 | ISBN-10: 1852850809 | ISBN-13: 978-1852850807 | Edition: 1St Edition

On 13 January 1942 hundreds of army and air force servicemen due to sail from Durban on the British troopship City of Canterbury refused to board the vessel in defiance of their commanders and of the British Military and Naval authorities in South Africa. Gerry Rubin sees this unusual and dramatic incident in the round. Besides examining the legal case itself, its precedents and its outcome, he looks at both the human factors involved and at the wider background. In so doing he deals with a little-mentioned aspect of the war but one familiar to hundreds of thousands of servicemen: the journey by troopship via the Cape to the Middle and Far East.

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On 13 January 1942 hundreds of army and air force servicemen due to sail from Durban on the British troopship City of Canterbury refused to board the vessel in defiance of their commanders and of the British Military and Naval authorities in South Africa. Gerry Rubin sees this unusual and dramatic incident in the round. Besides examining the legal case itself, its precedents and its outcome, he looks at both the human factors involved and at the wider background. In so doing he deals with a little-mentioned aspect of the war but one familiar to hundreds of thousands of servicemen: the journey by troopship via the Cape to the Middle and Far East.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Hambledon Continuum; 1St Edition edition (August 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852850809
• ISBN-13: 978-1852850807
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,630,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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