[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 4/9/20: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Malignant Contagion: Trumpism's Mindlessness on Coronavirus and Albert
Camus' 'The Plague'"*
<https://www.juancole.com/2020/04/malignant-mindlessness-coronavirus.html>
By* Juan Cole,* Informed Comment blog, posted April 6
*Likens the Trump administration's responses to the Covid-19 pandemic to
the irresponsibility of city officials in Camus' classic novel. The author
teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan.*

*"What Can Images of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic Teach Us About COVID-19?"*
<https://hyperallergic.com/552295/1918-influenza-pandemic-covid-19>
By *Hakim Bishara,** Hyperallergic,* posted April 6

*A very quick read with several striking photographs from the National
Archives. The author is a writer, artist, and curator. *

*"US v. Sineneng-Smith Echoes the Fugitive Slave Act"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/174872>
By *Alan J. Singer, *History News Network, posted April 6
*This case, now before the Supreme Court, tests a vaguely worded law
criminalizing anything that can be construed as encouraging an undocumented
immigrant to stay in the US. The author is a historian and professor of
social studies education at Hofstra University.*

*"CIA** Covert Operations: The 1964 Overthrow of Cheddi Jagan in British
Guiana"*
<https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2020-04-06/cia-covert-operations-overthrow-cheddi-jagan-british-guiana-1964>
By *John Prados and Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi, *National Security Archive,
posted April 6
*Original documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, with a
substantial explanatory essay. John Prados heads the National Security
Archive's Intelligence Documentation Project and Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi
teaches history and politics at the University of South Florida St.
Petersburg.*

*"Historian William McNeill Warned in 1976 That a Mutated Flu Virus Could
Cause a Pandemic"* <https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/174879>
By *James Thornton Harris, *History News Network, posted April 5
*An appreciation of McNeill's book *Plagues and Peoples nearly a
half-century after its publication. *The author is an independent historian
and journalist and a contributing editor of the History News Network. *

*"How Generals Fueled the 1918 Flue Epidemic to Win Their World War"*
<https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-generals-fueled-1918-flu-pandemic-to-win-their-world-war>
By *Gareth Porter, **The American Conservative, *posted April 4
*On how the US military command ignored medical advice and sent troops from
infected training campus to the front. More US soldiers died of influenza
in World War I than in battle. The article draws heavily on a detailed and
footnoted report in *Public Health Reports
* in 2010, "The U.S. Military and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919."
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862337/>*

*"Captain Crozier Is a Hero"*
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/coronavirus-crozier-roosevelt.html>
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/coronavirus-crozier-roosevelt.html?searchResultPosition=3>
By* Tweed Roosevelt, **New York Times*, posted April 3
*Responding to the Pentagon's dismissal of Captain Brett Crozier from
command of the aircraft carrier *Theodore Roosevelt, a* great-grandson of
Roosevelt writes that his ancestor acted similarly to Crozier when American
troops were threatened with yellow fever and malaria at the end of the
Spanish-American War.*

*"The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming"*
*https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-military-shortage-pandemic/
<https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-military-shortage-pandemic/>*
*By Ken Klippenstein, **The Nation, *posted April 2

*"The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face
masks, and hospital beds in 2017 - but the Trump administration did
nothing." *

*"In 1918 and 2020, Race Colors America's Response to Epidemics"*
<https://theundefeated.com/features/in-1918-and-2020-race-colors-americas-response-to-epidemics>
By *Soraya Nadia McDonald, **The Undefeated, *posted April 1
*Primarily about the 1918 pandemic, with much information on the unequal
experiences of African Americans and whites.*

*Thanks to an anonymous reader (always the same one - a retired doctor who
hates war and injustice) for flagging several of the articles included in
the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com
<jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.historiansforpeace.org/private.cgi/h-pad-historiansforpeace.org/attachments/20200409/d401f868/attachment.htm>