European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16booksone woman a path to becoming All she could be in the menus House by capt. Carol Barkalow with Andrea Raab Simon amp schuster 283 pp., $19.95 Randi Henderson Baltimore Sun the face gazing out from the cover of Carol Barkalow a new Book a in the men s House is Stern and challenging. There is not a Whit of softness in the Blue eyes or Blond curls not a hint of Compromise in the firm set of the lips. Indeed says army capt Barkalow Challenge is just what she wanted to convey by putting this portrait of herself on the Book cover. A i was saying a go ahead read it. See what its about a a says Barkalow who was among the first group of women to graduate from West Point in 1980. But the face of Barkalow on the Back cover is gentler the curls falling to her shoulders rather than pulled Back behind her ears. She is wearing civilian clothes not her uniform. This is a military officer and a woman the two pictures arc saying. And if the two concepts seem to conflict a Well yes they sometimes do but Barkalow 31, wants readers to know that they Are not irreconcilable. A what i Hope is that Young women civilian and military who want to do something in their lives whatever it May be can understand from this that we ourselves arc the Only limiters a she explains Powers that make hit records and deals hit men Power brokers and fast Money inside the music business by Fredric Dannen random House 327 pp., $19.95 Michael Anft Baltimore Sun a Bunch of Guys from Brooklyn want to get their product in the right hands see but the feds wont let them Market it in the preferred read corrupt manner. So they hire some Guys with mob connections to do it for them. After to news alerts the fuzz the mob types either get indicted or split the scene while the Brooklyn ites get away with clean hands but slightly sullied reputations. This weeks episode of a Jake and the fat Many third rate Spillane. Nah. Just the record business. Fredric Dannen a devilishly titled a hit men Quot is the Book others have tried to write but botched a not so routine business history of an Industry dominated by rogue leaders the boys from Brooklyn payola shilling Independent promoters the mob connected often abused artists and a Carol Barkalow on the Back cover earnestly. A we limit ourselves and no one else can i sincerely believe that. And i want other women to know that they can do whatever they want. Quot it sounds corny but the army a motto a a be All that you can be a its something to live by. And in be tried to live by for the past 21 months Barkalow has worked at the Pentagon As an assistant to the army chief of staff. In the 10 years since she graduated from West Point she has also served As an officer at a nuclear missile base in Germany and commanded a company at fort Lee a. Her Book documents these experiences but its main focus is what it was like to be part of the first group of women to venture into what had been an All male Domain. West Point along with the other military Aca generous helping of cocaine. Using the corrupt promoters As his Centrepiece Dannen weaves a seamless tale of deceit and greed going Back to the Industry sold Days. But the businesses last two decades a encompassing the Ascendancy of Rock the Rise and fall of disco the emergence of a the network of Independent promoters and of merger led consolidation a receive his fullest attention. We learn that the network which began As yet another spinoff of the disco Era along with cocaine abuse and bad clothing regularly received six figure checks from each of the major labels out of which it paid disc jockeys and program directors in Cash and drugs. Abc news exposed the Long running scam in 1985. But in a twist befitting the machinations of the Industry buying promotion still exists with artists managers doling out the funds instead of record companies. We learn How Pap like Carly Simon so Jesse a a designated hit that was Well promoted but flopped anyway got on the radio. And Why the lame Reo Speed Wagon was marketed while the critically acclaimed the clash Wasny to. Dannen a background As a business reporter serves him Well but does no to direct his hand he mentions Bottom lines and profit margins but never at the expense of his Story. Tine Book is available at stars and stripes demies was mandated by a Law passed by Congress in 1975 to admit women. Barkalow was one of 119 women who entered West Point on july 7, 1976. She stuck it out to become one of 62 women graduates in 1980. Since that time Barkalow says women have become increasingly essential to every aspect of military life. A women have been in the combat environment for years but the Panama invasion was the first time the american Public got to see it a she says. A there is no longer a Clear Cut line Between the front and the rear. We Are seeing the same thing with desert shield where probably one of the largest targets will be the rear area and there a a lot of women the idea for a Book about her experiences grew out of a 1985 Magazine piece in which she and a female graduate from each of the other military academies were interviewed. A an agent suggested a Book a she says a and i said As i thought about it i thought this would give me an Opportunity to give the american Public an understanding of what women do in today a at first she had concerns she says a that the decision to write it to open myself up could have a detrimental effect on her career. But she Felt a the contribution of writing it would offset any personal problems it could if the general reaction is anything like that of her commanding officer she was right. A she identifies and accurately describes the issues that women have faced in going from the women a army corps to full integration into the army a says col. Roy Alcala. A it can Only help because it deals with an important Issue in society. And it makes Clear the problems that not Only the army but our entire society has had in accommodating the goals of the Book wit be available at stars and stripes bookstores. To plus sunday november 25,1990
