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Asian players like Mao
Tse-tung, Ho Chi Minh, Su-
In the Ruins of Empire:
karno, and Kim Il Sung.
A
re you looking for a way to release your inner The Japanese Surrender
author? Have you written a think piece you’d like
and the Battle for Post-
The Utility of Force: The
to share? Do you want to dust off that paper you
War Asia By Ronald H. Spec-
Art of War in the Modern
World By General Rupert
wrote for your strategy class? Now is your chance. MOAA
tor. Random House, 2007.
$34.99. ISBN 978-0-375-
Smith. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
is holding a short essay contest as a new part of its pro-
50915-5.
$30. ISBN 978-0-307-26562-3.
fessionalism programs. In 500 words or less, you can ad-
dress any topic you think has relevance to MOAA’s stated In this sequel to Eagle British General Rupert
mission of preserving a strong national defense. Are you Against the Sun: The Ameri- Smith analyzes the theo-
concerned about immigra- can War with Japan (Vin- retical and practical con-
tion? Tell us about it. Do tage Books, 1985), historian siderations for the use of
you have a solution to Ronald Spector offers an military force today.
health care? We want to in-depth analysis of Although a bit wordy,
hear it. Is military end- post-war Asia from this refl ective
strength adequate? You 1945-46, a violent treatise
might know. period of unexpected argues con-
A panel of judges will select instability that lasted ventional in-
three fi nalists whose essays will for decades after the terstate war
be published in Military Offi cer this Japanese surrender. with massive
fall. Military Offi cer readers will vote to High- formations
decide who will win cash prizes of $1,000 lighting of men and
for fi rst place, $500 for second place, and China, machines
$250 for third place. All entrants will be eligible for a Korea, never will occur
random drawing for an Apple iPod. Malaya again. Instead,
For entry rules, visit
www.moaa.org/essaycontest. E-mail (now Ma- loosely organized
submissions as a Word document attachment to profseries laysia), non-state oppo-
@
moaa.org. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 1. Vietnam, and nents armed with
Indonesia, simple weapons
Spector de- and implacable
TRICAREUPDATE
scribes the boil- determination will
ing geopolitical emerge, forcing west-
MILITARY VETERANS, including activated guard- stewpot of nationalism; ern armies to wage “war
members and reservists, who served in combat since communism; ethnic, reli- amongst the people.”
Nov. 11, 1998, now are eligible for five years of free gious, and political strife; Smith describes the shift
medical care from the VA for most conditions. and the disintegration of from industrial war to non-
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 European imperialism. state confl icts using vivid
has increased VA medical care from three years to He tells of the rise of historical examples from
five. This new provision includes combat veterans who Asian communist and na- the Napoleonic wars, the
were discharged between Nov. 11, 1998, and Jan. 16, tionalist movements, the Boer War, Malaya, Vietnam,
2003, and never took advantage of the VA’s health problems of Allied occupa- the Cold War, Palestine,
care system. They have until Jan. 27, 2011, to qualify tion, and the early Cold War Africa, and Bosnia. He gives
for free VA health care. maneuvers of Russia and the six conditions that
For more information, visit
www.va.gov. Click on America to gain political identify “war amongst the
News Releases under Public Affairs, and search for infl uence and control amid people” and his thoughts on
“free medical care” with a Feb. 26 publication date. a civil war. Best are his re- how the West can prevail.
vealing portrayals of major — William D. Bushnell
2 2 M I L I T A R Y O F F I C E R M AY 2 0 0 8 PHOTOS: ABOVE, STEVE BARRETT; LEFT, SHUTTERSTOCK
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