[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 7/31/18: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"What My Escape from Hitler's Germany Taught Me about Trump's America"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/escape-hitlers-germany-taught-trumps-america/>*
By *Henry Siegman,* *The Nation, *posted July 27
*The author formerly headed the American Jewish Congress and the Synagogue
Council of America." The article's subhead reads "And What Trump's America
Teaches Us about Netanyahu's Israel"*

*"Debunking the Putin Panic"
<https://therealnews.com/stories/debunking-the-putin-panic-with-stephen-f-cohen>*
Interview with *Stephen F. Cohen, *Real News Network, posted July 24
*The interviewee is an emeritus professor of Russian history at Princeton
University and New York University.*

*"The Flight 93 Doctrine: Donald Trump's Kamikaze Attack on Globalism"
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176450>*
By *John Feffer, *TomDispatch.com, posted July 22
*The author is the director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for
Policy Studies.*

*"Trump's Latin America Policy: Send in the Troops"
<https://fpif.org/trumps-latin-america-policy-send-in-the-troops/>*
By *Brian D'Haeseleer, *Foreign Policy in Focus, posted July 19
*On the president's private trial ballons for an invasion of Venezuela*

*"Intentional Chaos: Trump and the Global NATO Alliance"
<https://truthout.org/articles/intentional-chaos-trump-and-the-global-nato-alliance/>*
By *Joseph Gerson, *Truthout.org, posted July 10
*A historically based analysis of NATO and its role in US policy.*

*"Human Zoos in the Age of Trump: Humans as 'Animals,' Then and Now"
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176445>*
By *Ariel Dorfman, *TomDispatch.com, posted July 8
*The author is an emeritus professor of literature at Duke University and
has written, among other works, a new novel, *Darwin's Ghosts.

*"What Does It Mean to Give David Petraeus the Floor?"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/mean-give-david-petraeus-floor>*
By *Gunar Olsen, **The Nation, *posted July 5
*On the controversy over General Petraeus's invitation to deliver a keynote
presentation for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
(SHAFR).*

*"Where's Our 'Dr. Strangelove'? In the Trump Era, America Desperately
Needs a Great Movie about Nuclear Apocalypse"
<https://theintercept.com/2018/07/01/nuclear-war-movies/>*
By *Jon Schwartz, **The Intercept, *posted July 1

*"Comparisons Between US Immigration Policy and the Nazi Period May Not Be
Helpful, But They Are Hard to Avoid"
<https://theconversation.com/comparisons-between-us-immigration-policy-and-the-nazi-period-may-not-be-helpful-but-they-are-hard-to-avoid-98879>*
By *David Tollerton, **The Conversation, *posted June 25
*The author teaches Jewish Studies and Contemporary Biblical Cultures at
the University of Exeter.*

*"What Donald Trump Doesn't Know about the War of 1812"
<http://theconversation.com/what-donald-trump-doesnt-know-about-the-war-of-1812-97997>*
By *Renee Lafferty-Salhany, **The Conversation, *posted June 10
*A light and enjoyable article. The author teaches history at Brock
University in Ontario.*


*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Roger Peace, Steve Gosch, 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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