Mietzner, MarcusFarrelly, Nicholas2015-12-082015-12-081035-7718http://hdl.handle.net/1885/33181Scholars of civil-military relations have long been puzzled by the fact that despite a series of mutinies, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has never seen a full-blown military takeover. Indeed, when PNG became independent in the early 1970s, some veteran PNG watchKeywords: comparative study; military government; military intervention; political relations; Africa; Indonesia; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Thailand coups; Papua New Guinea; South-East Asia201310.1080/10357718.2013.7881282016-02-24