[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 9/11/19: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Reflections on 'Peace' in Afghanistan: Leaving a Misguided War and
Choosing Not to Look Back" <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176602>*
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted September 10
*On parallels between the US wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan.The author is
a retired US Army colonel and an emeritus professor of history and
international relations at Boston University. He is president of the
recently formed Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.*

*"Meet American Empire's 'Doctor Death'"
<https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/meet-american-empires-dr-death/>*
<https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/meet-american-empires-dr-death/>
 By *Kelly Beaucar Vlahos,* *The American Conservative, *posted September 10
*Review-essay on Stephen Kinzer's just-released book *Poisoner in Chief:
Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control. *Both the book and the
review paint a broad picture of government-backed experiments on unaware
Americans in the Cold War era.*

*"Is Iran Abnormal?" <https://lobelog.com/is-iran-abnormal/>*
By *Mohammad Ataie, *LobeLog, posted September 9
*On continuity between Iranian regional strategies before and after the
Islamic Revolution of 1979. The author is an Iranian journalist and a PhD
candidate in history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.*

*"Trump-Taliban Talks Like Those with N. Korean - Photo Ops on the Deck of
the Titanic" <https://www.juancole.com/2019/09/trump-taliban-titanic.html>*
By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted September 9
*The author teaches Middle East history at the University of Michigan.*

*"Trump's Wall and the Aggrandizement of Despots"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/172975>*
 By *Walter G. Moss, *History News Network, posted September 8
*Compares President Trump's obsession with a border wall to Stalin's plans
for a mega-project to be called Palace of Soviets. The author is a
professor emeritus of hi**story at Eastern Michigan University.*

*"The American Left Needs a Contemporary Thad Stevens"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/172967>*
By *Van Gosse, *History News Network, posted September 8
*The author teaches history at Franklin and Marshall College and is
co-chair of Historians for Peace and Democracy.*

*"The U.S. a Christian Nation? Not According to the Founders!" *
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/172973>
By *Harlow Giles Unger, *History News Network, posted September 8
*The author has written a dozen biographies of American Founders, most
recently Thomas Paine.*

*"The Original Evil Corporation"
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/east-india-company.html>*
By William Dalrymple, *New York Times, *posted September 4
*"The history of the East India Company shows that Western imperialism and
corporate capitalism were born hand in hand, the dragons’ teeth that
spawned the modern world." The author wrote a book on the East India
Company.*

*"A Congo Conspiracy: Documentary Seeks to Answer Question of Who Killed
Dag Hammersj**öld*
<https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/08/29/congo-conspiracy-documentary-seeks-answer-question-who-killed-dag-hammarskjold/AgA65kfYa9PfGHi1YgtB6M/story.html>
By *Stephen Kinzer, **Boston Globe, *posted August 29
*On the suspicious airplane crash in 1961 that killed UN Secretary-General
Dag Hammersj**öld, whose mission to the former Belgian Congo was opposed by
Western and South African intelligence services. *

*"Statement from the AHA on Domestic Terrorism, Bigotry, and History"
<https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/september-2019/statement-from-the-aha-on-domestic-terrorism-bigotry-and-history>*
American Historical Association *Perspectives on History, *posted August 26

*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Jerise Fogel, 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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