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MICRONESIAN BLUES: The Adventures of an American Cop in Paradise
MICRONESIAN BLUES The Adventures of an American Cop in Paradise Author:Bryan Vila, as told to Cynthia Morris Training competent, independent police forces in developing nations is critical to U.S. efforts to promote democracy and stability worldwide. Yet all too often we simply take American cops or military troops, drop them into the middle of a foreign land, and leave them to figure out the enormous challenges of cross-cultural police training on the... more »ir own.
Three decades ago, in the tropical island setting of Micronesia, Bryan Vila was one of these trainers. After serving as a Marine in Vietnam and then working as a street cop in the ghettos and barrios of Los Angeles for nine years, he expected the job to be a paid vacation in paradise.