[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 2/1/19: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"A New Phase in the Great Game: U.S., Soviets, India, Pakistan Vied to
Shape a New Afghanistan in Late 1980s
<https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/afghanistan-russia-programs/2019-02-01/new-phase-great-game-us-soviets-india-pakistan-vied-shape-new-afghanistan-late-1980s>"*
By the *National Security Archive, *posted February 1
*Official documents newly obtained by Georgetown University's National
Security Archive, with introduction and document summaries by Svetlana
Savranskaya*

*"Elliott Abrams, Trump's Pick to Bring 'Democracy' to Venezuela, Has Spent
His Life Crushing Democracy"
<https://theintercept.com/2019/01/30/elliott-abrams-venezuela-coup/>*
By *Jon Schwartz, **The Intercept, *posted January 30
*An extensive accounting of Abrams' role in U.S. policy in Central America
and the Middle East from the early 1980s to the present.*

*"Venezuela: No to Intervention, No to Maduro"
<https://fpif.org/venezuela-no-to-intervention-no-to-maduro/>*
By *John Feffer, *Foreign Policy in Focus, posted January 30
*The author is director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for
Policy Studies.*

*"Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times' Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in
Latin America"
<https://www.truthdig.com/articles/your-complete-guide-to-the-n-y-times-support-of-u-s-backed-coups-in-latin-america/>*
By *Adam H. Johnson, *TruthDig.com, posted January 29
*The author is a media analyst for FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting).*

*"Washington Trained Guatemala's Killers for Decades"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/border-patrol-guatemala-dictatorship/>*
By *Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby, **The Nation, *posted January 25
*Greg Grandin teaches history at New York University and Elizabeth Oglesby
teaches Latin American studies at the University of Arizona.*

*"Venezuela at Another Crossroads"
<https://nacla.org/news/2019/01/24/venezuela-another-crossroads>*
By *Rebecca Hanson and Tim Gill,* *NACLA, posted January 24*
*The authors teach Latin American studies at, respectively, the University
of Florida and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.*

*"The Vice-President's Men"
<https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n02/seymour-m-hersh/the-vice-presidents-men>*
By *Seymour Hersh, **London Review of Books, *January 24 issue
*On the influence of George H. W. Bush over foreign and military policy in
the Reagan administration*

*"The Dangerous Myth Propping Up Trump's Wall"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/18/dangerous-myth-propping-up-trumps-wall/?utm_term=.ce3c051da7f1>*
By *Melissa J. Gismondi, **Washington Post, *posted January 18
*"The President leverages a savage threat to white women to justify his
opet project." The author is a historian and journalist with a PhD in North
American history from the University of Virginia.*

*"Refugees Are in the Channel Thanks to the Actions of the West"
<http://www.unz.com/pcockburn/refugees-are-in-the-channel-thanks-to-the-actions-of-the-west/>*
By *Patrick Cockburn, **The Unz Review, posted January 12*

*A British view of the roots of migration from the Middle East to Europe*

*Thanks to Chad Pearson, Rusti Eisenberg, 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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