[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 3/22/19: Links to recent articles of interest

Jim O'Brien jimobrien48 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 22 10:45:00 PDT 2019


*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"How Bush's War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and
Climate Catastrophe"
<https://www.juancole.com/2019/03/trumpism-instability-catastrophe.html>*
By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted March 21
*The author teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan.*

*"How to End Endless War: The Case Against American Military Supremacy"
<https://newrepublic.com/article/153239/end-endless-war-case-against-american-military-supremacy>*
By *Stephen Wertheim, **The New Republic, *posted March 21
*The author is a visiting assistant professor of history at Columbia
University.*

*"Charles Beard: Punished for Seeking Peace"
<https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/charles-beard-punished-for-seeking-peace/>*
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **The American Conservative, *posted March 21
*The author is a professor emeritus of history and International relations
at Boston University.*

*"The Cold War Ides of March"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/the-cold-war-ides-of-march/>*
By *Stephen F. Cohen, **The Nation, *posted March 20
*The author is a professor emeritus of history at Princeton University and
New York University. He argues that reckless Cold War rhetoric in the US
poses the danger of a shooting war with Russia.*

*"Whose Blood, Whose Treasure? America's Senior Generals Find No Exits from
Endless War" <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176540>*
By *William J. Astore, *TomDispatch.com, posted March 19
*An acerbic historical overview of the US war in Afghanistan.The author is
a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who taught history for fifteen years
in military and civilian schools.*

*"Mike Pence Says the US Has Been 'a Force for Good in the Middle East' for
'Nearly 200 Years'; Here's How Historians Responded"
<http://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/154194>*
By *Allen Mikaelian, *History News Network, posted March 19
*The author is a former editor of the American Historical Association's
magazine *Perspectives on History and is the founder and editor of the
Political Uses of the Past Project (historychecked.com)

*"White Nationalism's Deep American Roots"
<https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/adam-serwer-madison-grant-white-nationalism/583258/>*
By *Adam Werwer, **The Atlantic, *posted March 17
*A disturbing in-depth analysis of early twentieth century American racial
theories and their influence on Nazi Germany.*

*"The Accused New Zealand Shooter and an All-White Europe That Never
Existed"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/03/16/accused-new-zealand-shooter-an-all-white-europe-that-never-existed/?utm_term=.afb458234d80>*
By *Gillian Brockell,* *Washington Post, *posted March 16
*Based on interviews with medieval historians*

*"Woodrow Wilson and 'the Ugliest of Treacheries'"
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/opinion/egypt-revolution-wilson.html>*
By *Erez Manela, **New York Times, *posted March 9
*On Britain, Egypt, and the U.S. in the immediate aftermath of World War I.
The author teaches history at Harvard University.*

*"The Toxic Legacy of the Korean War"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/01/toxic-legacy-korean-war/?utm_term=.2215c61e1b06>*
By *Mary L. Dudziak, **Washington Post, *posted March 1
*About the erosion of Congress's power to declare war. The author teaches
law at Emory University and has written *War Time: An Idea, Its History,
Its Consequences *(2013) among other books.*

*Thanks to 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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