[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 12/20/18: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump's Abrupt Syria
Withdrawal"
<https://www.juancole.com/2018/12/middle-winners-withdrawal.html>*
By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted December 20
*The author teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan.*

*"The War in Afghanistan Isn't a 'Stalemate.' The U.S. Has Lost"
<https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bacevich-afghanistan-20181219-story.html>*
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **Los Angeles Times, *posted December 19
*The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations
at Boston University. *

*"From Arizona to Yemen: The Journey of an American Bomb"
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/magazine/war-yemen-american-bomb-strike.html>*
By Jeffrey E. Stern, *New York Times Magazine, *posted December 11
*An extraordinary piece of reporting, with accompanying photographs,
produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center*

*"Go with Your Gut, Mr. President: You Called US Defense Spending 'Crazy,'
and You Were Dead-On*"
<https://original.antiwar.com/Danny_Sjursen/2018/12/10/go-with-your-gut-mr-president-you-called-us-defense-spending-crazy-and-you-were-dead-on/>
By *Danny Sjursen, *AntiWar.com, posted December 11
*The author is a current US Army officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan
and is a former history instructor at West Point.*

*"Undocumented Entry Wasn't Always a Crime. Here's How That Changed"
<https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2018/12/06/undocumented-entry-wasn-always-crime-here-how-that-changed/futwzwKdFQkiEst3G29CMI/story.html>*
By *Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien*, *Boston Globe, *posted December 9
*The author teaches political science at San Diego State University and is
the author of *Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in
America.

*"How George H. S. Bush Rode a Fake National Security Scandal to the Top of
the CIA" <https://theintercept.com/2018/12/08/george-hw-bush-cia-director/>*
By *James Risen, **The Intercept, *posted December 8
*The author formerly wrote for the *New York Times *and *Los Angeles Times
and won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2006.

*"Reviving the Nuclear Disarmament Movement: A Practical Proposal"
<https://fpif.org/reviving-the-nuclear-disarmament-movement-a-practical-proposal/>*
By *Lawrence S. Wittner, *Foreign Policy in Focus, Posted December 7
*The author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany.*

*"Exposing the Crimes of the CIA's Fair-Haired Boy, Paul Kagame, and the
Rwandan Patriotic Front"
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/12/07/exposing-the-crimes-of-the-cias-fair-haired-boy-paul-kagame-and-the-rwandan-patriotic-front/>*
By *Jeremy Kuzamov, *CounterPunch.org, posted December 7
*The author teaches history at Tulsa Community College.*

*"Trump's Trade Czar, the Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster: Five
Academics Who Unleashed the 'Demon' of Imperial Power"
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176502>*
By *Alfred McCoy, *TomDispatch.com, posted December 2
*The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.*

*"It's Never 'Just the Immigrants'"
<https://fpif.org/its-never-just-the-immigrants/>*
By *Harry Blaine, *Foreign Policy in Focus, posted November 30, 2018
*"The targeting of immigrants is intimately linked to a long record of
labor repression and civil liberties violations - which eventually target
the native-born, too."*

*Thanks to Roger Peace and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles
included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to
jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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