[H-Pad] H-PAD Notes 1/10/18: Interviews from AHA; links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Note: *The History News Network has posted two interviews from the recent
AHA convention that are especially relevant to Historians for Peace and
Democracy. One is with co-chair Margaret Power about H-PAD and the urgency
of the Korean crisis <http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167909>. The
other is with Steering Committee member Rusti Eisenberg and Chris Appy on
shortcomings of the PBS series on the Vietnam War
<http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167907>.



*Links to Recent Articles of Interest *



*“Learning from Churchill”
<http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/time-to-remember-all-of-churchills-moments>*

By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **The American Conservative, *posted January 5

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



*“An Officer’s Path to Dissent”
<https://www.truthdig.com/articles/officers-path-dissent>*

By *Danny Sjursen, *Truthdig.com, posted January 3

*The author is an active-duty military strategist and a former history
instructor at West Point.*



*“It HAS Happened Here” <http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167675>*

By *Van Gosse, *History News Network, posted December 31

*On 20th-century precedents for repressive government action. The author
teaches history at Franklin and Marshall College.*



*“Why the ‘Merchants of Death’ Survive and Prosper”
<http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167756>*

By *Lawrence S. Wittner, *History News Network, posted December 31

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



*“When Washington Assured Russia NATO Would Not Expand: How America’s
Failure to Honor a 1990 Commitment Led to Many of Today’s Global Crises”
<http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/when-washington-assured-russia-nato-would-not-expand>*

By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **The American Conservative, *posted December 20



*“Western Refugee Policies Are One Endless Evian Conference”*

By *David Swanson, *Let’s Try Democracy blog, posted December 14, 2017

*The comparison is to a 1938 international conference to discuss taking in
Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany.*



*“North Korea: The Costs of War, Calculated”
<http://fpif.org/north-korea-costs-war-calculated>*

By *John Feffer, *Foreign Policy in Focus, posted December 13

*The summary says, “Even a limited war with North Korea would kill
millions, devastate the environment, and bankrupt the U.S. Preventing it
should be the peace movement's highest priority.*


*“Bulldozing the Peace Process in Israel”
<http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/12/11/bulldozing-the-peace-process-in-israel>*

By *David Shulman, *NYR [New York Review of Books] Blog, posted December 11

*The author is a professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.*


*“Still Waiting: A Harvey Weinstein Moment for America’s Wars?”
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176361>*

By *Andrew J. Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted December 10



*“Cold War Revisionism Revisited: Radical Historians of the U.S. Empire”
<https://monthlyreview.org/2017/12/01/cold-war-revisionism-revisited>*

By *Harry Targ, **Monthly Review, *December 2017 issue


*Thanks to an anonymous reader for suggesting some of the above articles.
Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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