[H-Pad] H-PAD Notes 3/15/18: H-PAD broadsides on the Verso Press blog; links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Note: *Verso Books has begun posting H-PAD "Broadsides for the Trump Era"
in its blog <https://www.versobooks.com/blogs>. So far the following have
appeared in the blog: Ellen Schrecker's McCarthyism 1947-1960
<https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3681-broadside-for-the-trump-era-mccarthyism-1947-1960>,
Jeremy Kuzmarov's The U.S. War on Drugs from its Origins to the Age of Trump
<https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3684-broadside-for-the-trump-era-the-u-s-war-on-drugs-from-its-origins-to-the-age-of-trump>,
and Linda Gordon's https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3688-broadside-for-
the-trump-era-the-ku-klux-klan-of-the-1920s



*Links to Recent Articles of Interest *



*“America’s Phony War: Blitzkrieg Overseas, Sitzkrieg in the Homeland”
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176398>*

*By **William J. Astore, **TomDispatch.com, posted March 15*

*The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for
fifteen years at military and civilian schools.*



*"Talking Sense about Immigration: Rejecting the President's Manichaean
Worldview" <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176397>*

By *Aviva Chomsky, *TomDispatch.com, posted March 13

*The author teaches history at Salem State University.*



*"It's Too Late to Worry about 'Normalizing' Trump. Decades of Policy Did
That for Him"
<https://www.rollingstone.com/taibbi-normalizing-trump-human-rights-abuse-foreign-policy-china-korea-w517779>*

By *Matt Taibbi, **Rolling Stone, *posted March 12



*"Although 2 out of 3 Americans Oppose Increasing Military Spending, the
U.S. Government Is Raising It to Record Levels"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/168376>*

By *Lawrence Wittner, *History News Network, posted March 11

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



*"In Winston Churchill, Hollywood Rewards a Mass Murderer"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/10/in-winston-churchill-hollywood-rewards-a-mass-murderer/?utm_term=.8b6087c3c5fe>*

By *Shashi Taroor, **Washington Post,* posted March 10



*"God Wills It! The War on Terror as the Launching of an American Crusade"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/how-washington-provoked-and-perhaps-lost-a-new-nuclear-arms-race/>*

By *James Carroll, *TomDispatch.com, posted March 8

*Provides detailed comparisons with the original Crusades*


*"How Washington Provoked - and Perhaps Lost - a New Nuclear-Arms Race"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/how-washington-provoked-and-perhaps-lost-a-new-nuclear-arms-race/>*


By *Stephen F. Cohen, **The Nation, *posted March 7

*The author is an emeritus professor of history at Princeton University and
New York University.*



*"America's Forgotten History of Illegal Deportations"*
<https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/americas-brutal-forgotten-history-of-illegal-deportations/517971/>

By *Alex Wagner, **The Atlantic, *posted March 6



*“There Are Echoes of the Fugitive Slave Act in Today’s Immigration Debate”
<https://portside.org/2018-03-06/there-are-echoes-fugitive-slave-act-todays-immigration-debate>*

*By **Harold Meyerson, **The American Prospect, **posted March 6*



*“Recalling PeteSeeger’s Controversial Performance on the Smothers Brothers
Show 50 Years Ago”
<https://portside.org/2018-03-02/recalling-pete-seegers-controversial-performance-smothers-brothers-show-50-years-ago>*

By *Peter Dreier, *Portside.org, posted March 2



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