[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 3/7/19: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"When the Frontier Becomes the Wall: What the Border Fight Means for One
of the Nation's Most Potent, and Most Violent, Myths"
<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/when-the-frontier-becomes-the-wall?irclickid=2ziXZU2EbxyJR0r0MvSyQWlBUkl0ifxah0DvRc0&irgwc=1&source=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Viglink%20Primary&mbid=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Viglink%20Primary>*
By *Francisco Cantu, **The New Yorker, *March 11 issue
*Review-essay on Greg Grandin's new book *The End of the Myth: From the
Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. *The reviewer is a
writer and translater and former Border Patrol agent.*

*"The Long History of US-Russian 'Meddling'"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/the-long-history-of-us-russian-meddling/>*
By *Stephen F. Cohen, **The Nation, *posted March 6
*The author is a professor emeritus of Russian history at Princeton
University and New York University.*

*"Bread, Circuses, and Duct Tape: Bound at the Border, or How to Make
Border Porn" <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176535>*
By *Greg Grandin, *TomDispatch.com, posted March 5
*The author teaches history at New York University.*

*"The US Quietly Negotiates 'Peace with Honor' in Afghanistan"
<https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/03/01/the-quietly-negotiates-peace-with-honor-afghanistan/9FVerZUipqu9TlM3gBIRMP/story.html>*
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **Boston Globe, *posted March 1
*The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations
at Boston University.*

*"What Does It Take to Destroy a World Order? How Climate Change Could End
Washington's Global Dominion" <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176533>*
By *Alfred W. McCoy, *TomDispatch.com, posted February 28
*The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin*

*"White Supremacism in the U.S. Military, Explained"
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/military-white-nationalists-extremists.html>*
By *Dave Phillips, **New York Times,* posted February 27
*This article includes historical background covering recent decades.*

*"A Clash Is Coming over America's Place in the World"
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/opinion/2020-foreign-policy.html>*
By *Stephen Wertheim,* *New York Times, *posted February 26
*Describes conflict between two groups within the US elite: the "New Cold
Warriors" and the "Restrainers." The author teaches history, currently as a
visiting assistant professor at Columbia University.*

*"The VICE File: Dick Cheney Declassified"
<https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/foia/2019-02-22/vice-file-dick-cheney-declassified>*
by *Tom Blanton and Nate Jones, *National Security Archive, posted February
22
*Presents a range of newly declassified documents shedding light on tghe
former vice-president's checkered career.*

*"Power Is Sovereignty, Mr. Bond"
<https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hide-an-empire-us-military-bases-abroad?utm_source=Dissent+Newsletter&utm_campaign=99863308ce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_04_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a1e9be80de-99863308ce-101870597>*
By *Daniel Immerwahr, **Dissent, *posted February 18
*The author teaches history at Northwestern University and his book *How to
Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States *has just been
published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.*

Hands Off Venezuela: A Primer on Capitalism, Imperialism, Revolution, and
Crisis
<http://afreesociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HandsOffVenezuela_ofsReader2.pdf>
Published by the *Organization for a Free Society,* February 2019

*10-page historical essay plus 59 recommendations for reading on specific
topics.  *

*Thanks to Kevin Young and an anonymous reader for suggesting several of
the articles in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to
jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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