Brian Lockman of the Pennsylvania Cable Network's PA Books interviews John A. Nagy, the president of the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia about his book Rebellion in the Ranks, published in 2007.
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Mutiny has always been a threat to the integrity of armies, particularly under trying circumstances, and since Concord and Lexington, mutiny had been the Continental Army's constant traveling companion. It was not because the soldiers lacked resolve to overturn British rule or had a lack of faith in their commanders. It was the scarcity of food—during winter months it was not uncommon for soldiers to subsist on a soup of melted snow, a few peas, and a scrap of fat—money, clothing, and proper shelter, that forced soldiers to desert or organize resistance. Mutiny was not a new concept for George Washington. During his service in the French and Indian War he had tried men under his command for the offense and he knew that disaffection and lack of morale in an army was a greater danger than an armed enemy. In Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American Revolution, author John Nagy mines previously ignored British and American primary source documents and reexamines other period writings. Nagy has corrected misconceptions about known events, such as the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny, while identifying for the first time previously unknown mutinies. Covering both the army and the navy, Nagy relates American officers' constant struggle to keep up the morale of their troops, while highlighting British efforts to exploit this potentially fatal flaw. John Nagy, an expert in antique documents, is a consultant for the William L. Clements Library of the University of Michigan. He is a founder of the American Revolution Roundtable of Philadelphia and has appeared on the History Channel.