[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 6/24/19: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Back from the Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Crisis That He
Created with Severe US Sanctions"
<https://www.juancole.com/2019/06/downing-created-sanctions.html>*
By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted June 21
*The author teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan.*

*"Lies They Told Us: A Long History of Being Manipulated into War"
<https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/lies-they-told-us-a-long-history-of-being-manipulated-into-war/>*
By *Robert W. Merry, **The American Conservative, *posted June 21
*A brief recounting from the Mexican War to the Iraq invasion. The author
is a longtime journalist and former editor of the *Congressional Quarterly
*and *The National Interest.

*"'Enlisted at 17': Legend, Trope, or War Story?"
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/21/enlisted-at-17-legend-trope-or-war-story/>*
By *Jerry Lembcke, *CounterPunch.org, posted June 21
*The author, a Vietnam veteran and retired sociology professor at Holy
Cross, has written widely on war and American culture. *

*"The Exceptionally American Historical Amnesia Behind Pompeo's Claim of
'40 Years of Unprovoked Iranian Aggression'"
<https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/06/20/exceptionally-american-historical-amnesia-behind-pompeos-claim-40-years-unprovoked>*
By *Brett Wilkins, *CommonDreams.org, posted June 20
*A historical refutation of a bizarre claim by the Trump administration.*

*"The Art of Shaping Memory: Knowing Whom to Remember and How to Forget"
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176577>*
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted June 20
*On the D-Day celebration's erasure of the Soviet Union's predominant role
in the defeat of Nazi Germany. The author is a professor emeritus of
history and international relations at Boston University.*

*"Don't Be Outraged They're Being Called Concentration Camps. Be Outraged
They Exist" <https://www.latinorebels.com/2019/06/19/concentrationcamps/>*
By *Eladio Bobadilla, **Latino Rebels, *posted June 19
*The author teaches history at the University of Kentucky. His research
focuses on the modern immigrant rights movement.*

*"Washington's Dr. Strangeloves: Is Plunging Russia into Darkness Really a
Good Idea?"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/washingtons-dr-strangeloves/>*
By *Stephen F. Cohen, **The Nation, *posted June 19
*The author is a professor emeritus of history at Princeton University and
New York University.*

*"The Neocolonial Arrogance of the Kushner Plan"
<https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/06/12/the-neocolonial-arrogance-of-the-kushner-plan/>*
By *Rashid Khalidi, *NYRB [*New York Review of Books] *Daily*, *posted June
12
*The author teaches Arab Studies at Columbia University and is the author
of a forthcoming book, *The Hundred Years' War on Palestine.

*"America's Legacy of Regime Change"
<https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/americas-legacy-of-regime-change/>*
By *Stephen Kinzer, *The Future of Freedom Foundation, posted June 10
*Review-essay on* Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War* by
Lindsay A. O'Rourke (Cornell, 2018). Stephen Kinzer is a veteran journalist
and author of *Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to
Iraq.

*"Is It Too Late to Stop a New Cold War with China?"
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opinion/sunday/trump-china-cold-war.html>*
By *Stephen Wertheim, **New York Times, *posted June 8
*The author is a visiting assistant professor of history at Columbia
University.*

*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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