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Turning the Tide: What Enabled the "Defection Mutinies" of Nationalist Naval Vessels During the Chinese Civil War?
- Source :
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Civil Wars . Dec2023, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p687-707. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This article investigates Republic of China Navy (ROCN) 'defection mutinies' during the Chinese Civil War where mutineers seized ROCN vessels and defected to the Chinese Communists. Examining the memoirs of defection mutiny ringleaders and participants, this paper postulates the determinant that enabled ROCN defection mutinies was Chinese Communist covert action that capitalised on ROCN internal conflicts, weakened the collective action problem's effect on pre-empting mutinies and provided the necessary support to conspirators that led to defection mutinies based on Communist preferences. This research contributes to the military studies sub-field by exposing the intersection between covert action and wartime military unrest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13698249
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Civil Wars
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176121330
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2210012