[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 3/18/21: Syllabus on sanctions; links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Note: *Historians for Peace and Democracy has published *Empire of
Sanctions
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Empire-of-Sanctions-Syllabus.pdf>,
*a 14-part syllabus on the nature and history of economic sanctions,
focusing especially on their use by the US since the early 20th century.
All the assigned readings are available on the Web. The historians who
compiled it are Renate Bridenthal, CUNY (emerita); Molly Nolan, NYU; and
Prasannan Parthasarathi, Boston University.


*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Why Can't Britain Handle the Truth about Winston Churchill"*
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/17/why-cant-britain-handle-the-truth-about-winston-churchill>
By* Priyamvada Gopal, **The Guardian, *posted March 17
*On pressure in Britain to prevent public attention to Churchill's "murkier
side": his views on race and empire. The author teaches Postcolonial
Studies at Cambridge University and wrote *Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial
Resistance and British Dissent *(Verso, 2020).*

*"The Victims of Agent Orange the U.S. Has Never Acknowledged"*
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/magazine/laos-agent-orange-vietnam-war.html>
By* George Black, *with photographs by *Christopher Anderson, **New York
Times Magazine, *posted March 16
*A richly illustrated article on the multigenerational health problems
caused by the secret use of deadly Agent Orange in Laos during the Vietnam
War, focusing especially on the work volunteers with the War Legacies
Project who have brought the tragic stories to light. *

*"Ten Problems with Biden's Foreign Policy - and One Solution"*
<https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/03/12/ten-problems-with-bidens-foreign-policy-and-one-solution>
By* Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, **Nation of Change,* posted
March 12
*"The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early
to point to areas in the foreign policy realm where we, as progressives,
have been disappointed–or even infuriated." Medea Benjamin is a co-founder
of CODEPINK for Peace and Nicolas Davies is a researcher for CODEPINK and
author of *Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of
Iraq (Nimble Books, 2010).

*"On Shedding an Obsolete Past"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/on-shedding-an-obsolete-past>
By* Andrew Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted March 11
*Warns against the influence of the traditional foreign policy
establishment - "the Blob" - in the Biden administration.The author is a
professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston
University and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible
Statecraft. *

*"Black Votes Have Always Mattered"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/179452>
By* Van Gosse, *History News Network, posted March 7
*On African American voting in the US between the Revolution and the Civil
War. The author teaches history at Franklin and Marshall College and has
written* The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America Between the
Revolution and the Civil War* (U. of North Carolina Press, 2021). He is
co-chair of H-PAD.*

*"Smarter Empire"* <https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/smarter-empire>
By *Kevin Young, **Sidecar [*New Left Review *blog], *posted March 5
*On US policies toward Latin America early in the Biden administration,
finding more continuity than change. The author teaches Latin American
history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is on the H-PAD
Steering Committee.*

*"Racist Zoombombings the Latest Application of Technology by White
Supremacists"* <https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/179361>
By* Roy E. Finkenbine, *History News Network, posted February 28
*On the disruption of numerous Black History Month on-line events with
racist and obscene imagery. The author teaches history at the University of
Detroit Mercy.*

*"QAnon and the Satanic Panics of Yesteryear: What They Can Teach Us about
What to Expect"*
<https://thebulwark.com/qanon-and-the-satanic-panics-of-yesteryear>
By* Daniel N. Gullotta, **The Bulwark, *posted February 25
*"It is worth remembering that even the more wild and unhinged accusations
of Satan-worshipping have a long history in this country—and by studying
the precedents, we might be able to better understand the dynamics and
future of QAnon." The author is a PhD candidate in religious history at
Stanford University.  *

*"Don't Defend Democracy with Half-Truths about the Past"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/179258>
By *Brook Thomas, *History News Network, posted February 21
*Warns against romanticizing either the nation's founders or President
Grant, whose limited support for racial justice during Reconstruction is
often exaggerated. The author is a professor emeritus at UC Irvine and
author of *The Literature Of Reconstruction: Not In Plain Black And
White *(Johns
Hopkins U. Press, 2017). *

*'What 'America Is Back' Really Means"*
*https://spectator.us/topic/america-back-biden-munich-security-conference
<https://spectator.us/topic/america-back-biden-munich-security-conference>*
*By Andrew Bacevich, **Spectator US, *posted February 21

*"The idea that a US-led bloc of Western nations will determine the future
of the planet will become increasingly implausible." The author is a
professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston
University and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible
Statecraft.*

*Thanks to Jerise Fogel, Rusti Eisenberg, and an anonymous reader for
flagging some of the articles included in the above list. Suggestions can
be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>. *
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