description: January 1964. In the newly-independent state of Tanganyika in East Africa, a crisis erupts. Complaining of low pay and a lack of promotion prospects, the army have mutinied and taken over the capital of Dar es Salaam. The fledgling government, led by President Nyerere, is in turmoil, lacking experience and leadership. They cannot turn to their neighbours for Zanzibar has just experienced a bloody revolution of its own, and Uganda and Kenya are also experiencing uprisings in their forces. There is only one country to turn Britain. The Dar Mutiny is the fascinating true story of how British forces succeeded in quelling the mutiny in only a few days, demonstrating that prompt, firm and brief military intervention can sometimes succeed where political compromise has failed.
language: English
title: The Dar Mutiny of 1964
titlecomplete: The Dar Mutiny of 1964
publisher: Book Guild Publishing