As the Civil War was drawing to a close; former Missouri governor Sterling Price led his army on one last desperate campaign to retake his home state for the Confederacy; part of a broader effort to tilt the upcoming 1864 Union elections against Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans. In The Collapse of Price’s Raid: The Beginning of the End in Civil War Missouri; Mark A. Lause examines the complex political and social context of what became known as “Price’s Raid;†the final significant Southern operation west of the Mississippi River.
#117308 in Books James Dooley 2015-08-31 2015-08-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .80 x 6.20l; .80 #File Name: 0824851641248 pagesSunny Skies Shady Characters Cops Killers and Corruption in the Aloha State
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A great readBy David M. HeaukulaniJim Dooley's articles in the local newspapers were always fascinating. The Honolulu Advertiser was nothing without his investigative reporting. He went beyond the organized crime genre of his predecessor; Gene Hunter; and gave us the scoops on political corruption as well. As one of the main organized crime characters stated; "You cannot have organized crime without political connections." I was in the Honolulu Police Department as part of the team assigned to investigate the Kukui Plaza development. Dooley was spot on in every aspect of that piece of political corruption. One can only imagine why Kekoa Kaapu hired those shady characters for security during that period as Dooley points out. The chapter on Pay to Play is really the essence of corruption in the State of Hawaii. It is so ingrained it is part of the culture as noted by Dooley when Governor Linda Lingle's administration took over from Governor Ben Cayetano. Organized crime gets the headlines because people get killed. You have to take the entire scope of Dooley's book chapter by chapter to see that there are multiple facets of shady characters--politicians; Bishop Estate; Pearl Harbor procurement process; police department organized crime unit; Yakuza; union bosses; airport managers; hit men; and so on to get the gist of the stink that ruins the Aloha State. You won't see it unless you dig under the surface. But you won't have to do that--just read this book. I also see that Dooley included Larry Mehau as the "godfather" of organized crime. Larry Mehau once told me if he had a dollar for every time he was named as the "godfather" he would be very rich. I believe him. If that were true don't you think the FBI would have taken him down like they did Goti and all the mobsters of the Gambino and Bonanno families? Even some respected law enforcement people continue to pass on that rumor. Those criminals who say he is the "godfather" have all failed polygraph tests. But it seems to be the gold standard to include Mehau if you want to write about crime in the islands. There is no Vito Corleone in the islands although many criminal factions strive to become that boogeyman. Read the book and help clean up the corruption in the islands.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. His book pretty well covers all the "high lights" and "low lights" ...By Steven BurkeI'm a retired HPD officer; serving from the 60's thru the early 90's; I met Dooley on several occasions.His book pretty well covers all the "high lights" and "low lights" crimewise of that time period. I was a member of the infamous Metro Squad that pretty much took care of business streetwise; we "took no prisoners". I knew all of the "cast of characters" in his book; the "good; the bad the ugly"; I would say there was a sort of "mutual respect" among the guys; some of us went to school together; played football with or against each other. pounded the weights. even socialized at times; but that "line" in the sand was always their. A lotta guys mentioned in Jim's book have since either died or they are old and ailing. This book brought back some big time flashbacks !!!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Outstanding Book on the Culture of Corruption in Hawaii PoliticsBy 808UjodThis is an excellent book that recounts the soft and dirty corruption that pervades Hawaii. Big business; unions; media and government cooperate together as a well tuned machine in the islands with organized crime as the oil that makes these gears work. Jim Dooley is a rare reporter willing to buck the 'local' system and expose the ugly underbelly of Hawaii's idyllic public image. The crooked culture most any other community would never tolerate; Hawaii seems willfully ignorant and willing to accept as just the normal island way of doing things. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand how Hawaii really works.
