[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 7/22/21: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Note: Three new essays have been added to the United States Foreign Policy
History and Resource Guide website, co-sponsored by H-PAD and the Peace
History Society. Brief descriptions of the new essays can be found here
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/2021/07/12/new-essays>, and the website
itself is linked here <http://peacehistory-usfp.org>.*


*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*


*"The 1906 Decision in Hodges v. United States Shows the Error of Leaving
Fundamental Rights to the States"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180752>*
By *William H. Pruden III, *History News Network, posted July 18
*On the Supreme Court decision that, following in the path of *Plessy v.
Ferguson,*definitively narrowed the meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment's
prohibition of "involuntary servitude." The author teaches history at the
Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina.*

*"'New' Counter-Terror Policy in Africa Lacks Political Will to Change
Course"*
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/07/14/face-it-new-counter-terror-policy-in-africa-lacks-political-will-to-change-course>
By* Elizabeth Schmidt and William Minter, **Responsible Statecraft, *posted
July 14
*Critiques the bipartisan “Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership
Program Act of 2021,” passed by the House of Representatives, as a
continuation of current militarized policies. * *Elizabeth** Schmidt is a
professor emeritus of history at Loyola University Maryland and William
Minter is the editor of *AfricaFocus Bulletin.

*"The Legacy of 9/11"*
<https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/the-legacy-of-9-11-us-foreign-policy-afghanistan-iraq>
By *Stephen Wertheim, **Prospect, *posted July 14
*A capsule history of US global ambitions in recent decades, looking
forward to the upcoming twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The
author is a historian and a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace. His book *Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global
Supremacy was published by Harvard University Press in *2020.*

*"Will US-China Relations Be Defined by Militaristic Competition or Climate
Cooperation?" <https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180687>*
By* Lawrence Wittner, *History News Network, posted July 11
*A brief article that lays out areas of potential cooperation amid signs
that these areas are being neglected in favor of military risk-taking. The
author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany and has written
widely about nuclear arms.*

*"Taiwan: A War That Must Never Be Fought"*
<https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/09/taiwan-war-must-never-be-fought>
*By Joseph Gerson, CommonDreams.org, *posted July 9

*"Taiwan has become the most dangerous flashpoint of the emerging new Cold
War between the U.S. and China. Neither side wants war, but accidents and
miscalculations—like those that triggered the First World War—can happen."
An in-depth article with historical background. The author is a longtime
peace activist who is president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and
Common Security.*

*"The Root Cause of Central American Migration? The United States"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/08/root-cause-central-american-migration-united-states>
*By Aviva Chomsky, **Washington Post, *posted July 8
*"The Biden administration "reasserts a long-standing bipartisan approach
to the region: bringing 'progress' to unruly people of color through
foreign investment backed up by military force. The author teaches history
at Salem State University in Massachusetts and has written *Central
America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of
Migration *(Beacon Press, 2021)**.*

*"America's Drug Wars: Fifty Years of Reinforcing Racism"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/americas-drug-wars>
By* Alfred McCoy, *TomDispatch.com, posted July 6
*A long, detailed account of the drug war, featuring a "succession of
political deals made during three presidencies — that of Nixon, who started
it; of Ronald Reagan, whose administration enacted draconian punishments
for drug possession; and of the Democrat Bill Clinton, who expanded the
police and prisons to enforce those very drug laws." The author teaches
history at the University of Wisconsin. *

*"The Declaration of Independence's Debt to Black America"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/02/fourth-july-african-americans-declaration>
By *Woody Holton, **Washington Post, *posted July 2
*"African Americans played a crucial, if often overlooked, role in their
White owners’ and neighbors’ decision to declare independence from
Britain." The author teaches history at the University of South Carolina,
and his book *Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American
Revolution *is due out in October from Simon & Schuster.*

*"The War on History Is a War on Democracy"*
*https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html>*
*By Timothy Snyder, **New York Times Magazine, *posted June 29
*A roundabout critique of the "memory laws" proposed in many state
legislatures to outlaw certain teachings of US history. The article draws
on examples from the Soviet Union and present-day Russia. The author
teaches history at Yale University. His books include *On Tyranny: Twenty
Lessons from the Twentieth Century *(Crown, 2017).*

*"Liberty, Freedom, and Whiteness: Reviewing Tyler Stovall's 'White
Freedom'"*
*https://hnn.us/article/180551 <https://hnn.us/article/180551>*
*By Alan Singer, *History News Network, posted June 20
*Extended review of White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea by Fordham
University historian Tyler Stovall (Princeton U. Press, 2021). The reviewer
is a historian who is Director of Social Studies Education in the
Department of Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership at Hofstra University.*

*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Roger Peace, 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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