MUTINY IN FORCE X.
Pp. 340(last blank), 8 plates, endpaper map, appendices, glossary of naval terms; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board faintly scratched; dust wrapper, a trifle foxed on flaps and reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1986. First edition. *'In great secrecy but in even greater confusion, a Royal Navy landing force was despatched from Britain halfway around the world aimed at helping the Americans in their S. W. Pacific campaign. It proved one of the Royal Navy's biggest flops as well as one of their most embarrassing. But for over forty years the mutiny that resulted; the rude rejection by the U.S. Navy and the chaos of it all has remained a closely guarded secret. Author Bill Glenton, however, is in a unique situation to reveal the full facts: he served in the flagship of the discredited Force X and as a young seaman became one of the mutineers'[wrapper blurb]. Item #180741
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