[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 8/6/21: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Policymakers Created the Student Loan Industry - and the Debt Crisis"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/05/policymakers-created-student-loan-industry-debt-crisis>
By* Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, **Washington Post, *posted August 5
*Lawmakers in the 1960s "purposefully crafted the Guaranteed Student Loan
Program to jump-start a student loan industry." The author teaches at
Loyola University Chicago. Her book *Indentured Students: How
Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt* is
due later this month from Harvard University Press*

*"Answering the Armies of the Cheated: But No Questions about War Please!"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/answering-the-armies-of-the-cheated>
By *Andrew Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted August 5

*A capsule history of what the author calls the Indispensable Nation
Syndrome, taking the phrase used by then Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright in 1998: “If we have to use force, it is because we are America.
We are the indispensable nation.” The author is a retired US Army colonel
and a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston
University.*

*"Five Myths about the Haitian Revolution"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-the-haitian-revolution/2021/08/04/1cf7be4e-f3c1-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html>
By *Julia Gaffield, **Washington Post, *posted August 4
*"Recent media efforts to contextualize the assassination of Haiti’s
president, Jovenel Moïse, on July 7 have often relied on myths that
undermine the country’s leadership in world history and the racist
repercussions that it faced during and after its fight for freedom and
independence." The author teaches history at Georgia State University and
is the author of *Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: Recognition
after Revolution* (UNC Press, 2015). *

*"Memory Loss in the Garden of Violence: How Americans Remember (and
Forget) Their Wars"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/memory-loss-in-the-garden-of-violence>
By *Alfred McCoy, *TomDispatch.com, posted August 1
*On the selective memory that has led the US public to claim victimhood in
international affairs by ignoring the asymmetrical destruction of US wars
since the US-Philippine war at the turn of the 20th century. The author
teaches history at the University of Wisconsin and his books include *The
Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War II *(Dispatch
Books, 2017).*

*"The US Committed Cliocide (Destruction of History) in Iraq and Even
Returning Gilgamesh Can't Fix It"*
<https://www.juancole.com/2021/07/committed-destruction-returning.html>
By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted July 30
 *A short summary of the damage done to Iraq's heritage during the US
occupation. **The author teaches Middle East history at the University of
Michigan. *

*"How the CIA Helped Ruin Liberia"*
By *Jeremy Kuzmarov, **Covert Action, *posted July 30
*A detailed, well-illustrated article, covering the period from the 1970s
on.** The author is a historian who formerly taught at Tulsa University and
other schools and is currently editor of *Covert Action* magazine.  *

*"Explaining the Different Post-Colonial Trajectories of Ireland and Haiti"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180784>
By *Alan J. Singer, *History News Network, posted July 25
*A short article contrasting two nations' histories, with a focus on
policies followed by the dominant nearby powers: Britain in the case of
Ireland, the US in the case of Haiti. The author is director of social
studies education at Hofstra University and was co-director of the New York
State Great Irish Famine Curriculum.*


*"Where Do Wars Come From?"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/macmillan-war-sherwin-cuban-crisis-review>*
By *Michael T. Klare, **The Nation, *posted July 19
*A review essay based on two recent books by historians: Margaret
McMillan's *War: How Conflict Shaped Us (Random House, 2020) *and Martin
Sherwin's *Gambling with Armageddon *(Knopf, 2020). The author directs the
Five College Program in Peace and World Security, based at Hampshire
College.*

*"Culture War in the Classroom"*
<https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/culture-war-in-the-classroom>
By* Leo Casey, **Dissent, *posted July 14
*"It is time for educators to go on the offensive against the conservative
campaign to ban 'critical race theory' from schools." The author is a
longtime teacher of history and civics and an active teacher unionist. He
currently works at the American Federation of Teachers. *

*"3 Tropes of White Victimhood"*
<https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/three-tropes-white-victimhood/619463>
By *Lawrence Glickman, **The Atlantic, *posted July 20
*"The opponents of Reconstruction succeeded in their campaign against
racial equality, setting the country on a path to great division and
intolerable oppression. Those who traffic in these tropes continue to
threaten to defer the promise of justice and democracy—yet again."  The
author teaches history at Cornell University.*

*Thanks to Van Gosse and an anonymous reader for flagging articles included
in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com
<jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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