[H-Pad] H-PAD Notes (formerly HAW Notes) 9/11/17, including links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien via H-Pad]

*Note: *Historians for Peace and Democracy is among the sponsoring groups
for the "Remembering Muted Voices" symposium October 19-22 at the National
World War I Museum in Kansas City. The symposium evokes the story of
dissent and repression during World War I and links it to subsequent U.S.
history up to the present. Information is at https://www.theworldwar.
org/learn/remembering-muted-voices.

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*“Seven Steps to a Saner U.S. Policy Towards North Korea”
<http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/seven-steps-to-a-saner-u-s-policy-towards-north-korea/>*

By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **The American Conservative, *posted September 8

*The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations
at Boston University.*



*“Ten Points on Korean History of Potential Current Relevance”*
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/07/ten-points-on-korean-history-of-potential-current-relevance/>

By *Gary Leupp, *CounterPunch.com, posted September 7

*The author teaches history at Tufts University.*



*“Worth Dying For? When It Comes to the War in the Greater Middle East,
Maybe We’re the Bad Guys” <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176323>*

By *Danny Sjursen, *TomDispatch.com, posted September 7

*The author is a U.S. Army military strategist with the rank of major and a
former history instructor at West Point.*



*“The Huddled Masses Were Never Welcome”
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/05/the-huddled-masses-were-never-welcome/>*

By *Kevin Young, *CounterPunch,com, posted September 5

*The author teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.*



*“Mass Mobilization Stopped Nuclear War Before and It Can Again”*
<https://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/mass-mobilization-stopped-nuclear-war/>

Interview with *Lawrence S. Wittner, **Waging Nonviolence, *posted
September 5

*The interviewee is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany.*



*"To This German Historian, the Implications of Trump’s Pardon of Sheriff
Arpaio Are Ominous”* <http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166794>

By *Richard E. Frankel, *History News Network, posted August 31

*The author teaches German history at the University of Louisiana,
Lafayette.*



*“The Empire Stopper”
<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/asia/afghanistan-graveyard-empires-historical-pictures.html?mcubz=3&_r=0>*

By *Rod Nordland, **New York Times, *posted August 29

*A wonderfully illustrated history of foreign powers in Afghanistan*



*“What Trump’s Generation Learned about the Civil War”*
<https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/what-donald-trump-learned-about-the-civil-war/537705/>

By *Matt Ford, **The Atlantic, *posted August 28



*“Exploring the Shadows on America’s Security State, or How I Learned Not
to Love Big Brother”* <http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176321>

By *Alfred W. McCoy, *posted August 24

*The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin. This is an
adapted version of his new book *In the Shadows of the American Century:
The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power.



*“What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us about the North Korean Missile
Crisis”
<https://www.thenation.com/article/what-the-cuban-missile-crisis-can-teach-us-about-the-north-korean-missile-crisis/>*

By *Martin J. Sherwin, **The Nation, *posted August 23

*The author teaches history at George Mason University.*


*“How the Forever War Brought Us Donald Trump”
<https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/forever-war-brought-us-donald-trump-afghanistan-policy>*

By *Jedediah Purdy, **Dissent *magazine blog, posted August 22

*On the Afghanistan war in US politics and policy*



Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, John Gay, Mim Jackson, Kevin Young, and an
anonymous reader for suggesting articles for the above list. Suggestions
can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com.
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