It was! Really all the mutinies and near-mutinies described in the book are fascinating. It's most amazing how contingent the things are; I don't think Guttridge described any that were clearly the results of specific devious thinking.

Also I was amazed to learn to what extents militaries will go to explain how while, yes, the commanding officer lost all ability to command and the unit went about its own business, it wasn't truly a mutiny that happened after all. It was just ... failure to defer to a superior officer, or something milder like that. It's never like you see on Star Trek.