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In Review
Small Boats, Weak economy, and state-spon-
States, Dirty Money: sored piracy is rampant in
Piracy and Maritime Ter- Southeast Asia.
rorism in the Modern Most alarming, how-
World. By Martin N. Murphy. ever, are his vivid descrip-
Columbia University Press, tions of widespread and
2009. $60. ISBN 978-0-231- lucrative cargo frauds and
70076-4. the all-too-frequent (but
seldom publicized) ship
Although hijackings, during which
overpriced ships, cargoes, and crews
and wordy, disappear forever.
this ex-
haustive, An Loc: The Unfinished
thesis-like War. By Gen. Tran Van Nhut.
research Texas Tech University Press,
study is a thorough ex- 2009. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-
amination and explana- 89672-645-1.
tion of modern piracy
and maritime terrorism. South R
Author Martin N. Murphy Vietnam-
Bases Reconnect Locally
reveals the glaring vulner- ese Gen.
abilities of global shipping Tran Van
While it’s not uncommon for U.S. Army bases to networks and the extreme Nhut de-
exist as worlds unto themselves, the National Main diffi culties of combating scribes his
Street Center is working to reconnect bases with the these threats to national experienc-
historic communities they are part of. and international security. es and observations of the
“The Army is the largest holder of historic proper- He also analyzes the Vietnam War in this lucid
ties in the country,” says Teresa Lynch, National Main goals and methods of autobiography detailing 21
Street Center’s senior program officer. pirates and maritime years of constant warfare.
With this in mind, Lynch helped launch in 2003 terrorists, as well as the Nhut offers penetrating
the Army-Community Heritage Partnership Program links that connect them insight into the organiza-
(A-CHPP) to coordinate preservation and development through highly sophis- tion, tactics, morale, and
between Army bases and adjacent historic downtowns. ticated organized-crime battlefi eld successes and
For example, at the Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania, syndicates and interna- defeats of the Army of the
local preservation efforts had fizzled. Thanks to coordi- tional terrorist groups. Republic of Vietnam, as
Miscellany: Valentine’s Scallops
nation between the town and the base, the downtown is Numerous examples il- well as his own participa-
bustling and the community gets together at Welcome lustrate how corruption tion in the bloody 1963
Jam (pictured above) to celebrate incoming U.S. Army and weak states actively coup to oust President
War College students each fall. “We try to constantly re- encourage piracy, com- Diem and his futile efforts
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mind military families and the surrounding communities plex legal challenges to combat government
of the opportunities for connection,” Lynch says. and obstruction inhib- corruption and defeatism.
To date, seven localities have completed the it successful antipiracy Nhut is neither an apolo-
A-CHPP program, and four more are in development. efforts, such criminal gist nor a revisionist, but an
Willow-still waiting
— Deborah Huso activity adversely impacts old soldier telling his story.
on the credit for the
politics and the global — William D. Bushnell
welcome jam image
24 MILITARY OFFICER FEBRUARY 2010 PHOTO: TOP LEFT, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE PHOTOS: ABOVE, AIRMAN 1ST CLASS STEELE C.G. BRITTON, USAF; RIGHT, STEVE BARRETT
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