[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 4/8/19: CORRECTED VERSION

[Jim O'Brien]

*[The original version of this mailing, sent earlier this afternoon, had an
incorrect link for the first article ("The Long History..."), plus a couple
of unrelated typos which are corrected in this version.]*

*Note: *Historians for Peace and Democracy has posted another in its series
of "broadsides," printable handouts offering historical background to
current events. The new one is "Puerto Rico: A U.S. Colony in the Caribbean"
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Power-Puerto-Rico.pdf>
by
Margaret Power; a full list, with links, is on the H-PAD home page
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/>.

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"The Long History of Anti-Immigration Legislation and 'Crimes Involving
Moral Turpitude'"*  <http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171665>
By *Stephanie Hinnershitz, *History News Network, posted April  7
*The author teaches history at Cleveland State University.*

*"The Golan Heights: Its History and Significance Today"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171659>*
By *Moriel Ram, *History News Network, posted April 7
*An easily readable capsule history*

*"Can We Stop Pretending Now? The Trump Era as an Occasion for Truth
Telling" <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176548>*
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted April 7
*The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations
at Boston University.*

*"Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans Might Be Americans"
<https://www.juancole.com/2019/04/puerto-ricans-americans.html>*
By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted April 4
*The author teaches history at the University of Michigan.*

*"The Fictitious 'Russian Attack' versus the Real Imperative to 'Cooperate
with Russia'"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/the-fictitious-russian-attack-vs-the-real-imperative-to-cooperate-with-russia/>*
By *Stephen F. Cohen, **The Nation, *posted April 3.
*The author is an emeritus professor of history at Princeton University and
New York University. *

*"2 Minutes and Counting"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/untold-history-of-the-united-states-rerelease/>*
By *Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, **The Nation, *posted April 2
*This article accompanies the re-release of the authors' *Untold History of
the United States *with a lengthy chapter on events over the past
half-dozen years. Peter Kuznick teaches history at American University,
where he directs the Nuclear Studies Institute.*

*"The Red Scare: From the Palmer Raids to Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171640>*
By *Ronald L. Feinman, *History News Network, posted April 2
*A short article including Roy Cohn's historical role as a link
between McCarthy and Trump.*

*"Russiagate and the 1980s Crack Epidemic"
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/russiagate-and-the-1980s-crack-epidemic/>*
By *Jeremy Kuzmarov, *CounterPunch.org, posted March 29
*Finds parallels between "Russiagate" and the Reagan-era exaggerations of
the spread of crack cocaine.The author teaches history at Tulsa Community
College.*

*"A Foreign Policy Without War or Corporate Power: To Make Progress in
America, the Left Needs a Coherent International Agenda"
<https://newrepublic.com/article/153261/foreign-policy-without-war-corporate-power>*
By *Greg Grandin, **The New Republic, *posted March 26
*The author teaches history at New York University.*

*"How the Israel Lobby Got Its Start"
<https://consortiumnews.com/2019/03/26/how-the-israel-lobby-got-its-start/>*
By *Walter L. Hixson, *Consortium News, posted March 26
*The author teaches history at the University of Akron wrote the new
book *Israel's
Armor: The Israel Lobby and the First Generation of the Palestine Conflict
(Cambridge U.P., 2019).

*"The Warped History That Fuels Right-Wing Terrorism"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/03/22/warped-history-that-fuels-right-wing-terrorism/?utm_term=.5b323c74699a>
*
By *Ishaan Tharoor, **Washington Post, *posted March 22
*On the obsession of white supremacists with a mythic history of
homogeneous white Christian nations in Europe.*

*"15 Years after the Iraq Invasion, What Are the Costs?"
<https://otherwords.org/15-years-after-the-iraq-invasion-what-are-the-costs/>*
By *Stephanie Savell,* *Other Words, *posted March 21
*The author co-directs the Costs of War Project at Brown University's
Watson Center for International and Public Affairs. She estimates the total
costs of the war on terror, including future services for veterans, at $5.6
trillion.*

*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Roger Peace, and 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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