[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 10/27/21: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"An American Coup: An Attempted Nightmare?"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/an-american-coup>
By* Alfred McCoy, *TomDispatch.com, posted October 26
*Details the Trump Republicans' post-election maneuverings with comparisons
to coups and attempted coups in recent decades in the Philippines, France,
and elsewhere. The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin
and his latest book (due in November from Dispatch Books) is *To Govern the
Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change.

*"Why Is Pentagon Spending Rising When 'We Can't Afford' Anything Else?"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/181624>
By *Lawrence Wittner, *History News Network, posted October 24
*The author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany and has
written widely on US military policies and on peace movements.*

*"Did Texas Legislators Read the 'Founding' Documents?"*
<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/20/2059269/-Did-Texas-Legislators-Read-the-Founding-Documents?>
By* Alan J. Singer, **Daily Kos, *posted October 20
*A critique of the new state law prescribing what students should learn
about US history in Texas schools. The author is a historian and director
of social studies education at Hofstra University.*

*"Colin Powell, RIP"*
<https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/colin-powell-rip>
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **The American Conservative, *posted October 19
*The author is a retired US Army colonel and professor emeritus of history
and international relations at Boston University.*

*"Piety, Patriotism, and Paranoia"*
<https://www.thebulwark.com/piety-patriotism-and-paranoia>
By *Thomas Lecaque and J. L. Tomlin, **The Bulwark,* posted October 18
*"What today's far right looks for in the legacy of the American
Revolution." Thomas Lecaque and J. L. Tomlin* *teach history at Grand View
University and the University of North Texas, respectively.*

*"Slaughter in Indonesia: Britain's Secret Propaganda Role"
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/17/slaughter-in-indonesia-britains-secret-propaganda-war>*
*By Paul Lashmar, Nicholas Gilby, and James Oliver, **The Guardian, *posted
October 17

*Based on newly declassified documents, this article depicts the role of
British government agencies in inciting the mass murder of hundreds of
thousands of Indonesian leftists in 1965-66. The authors' credentials
include Nicholas Gilby's expose of corruption in Britains arms deals and
James Oliver's leadership in the BBC's recent Pandora Papers investigation.*

*"Built on the Bodies of Slaves: How Africa Was Erased from the History of
the Modern World"*
<https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/12/africa-slaves-erased-from-history-modern-world>
By* Howard W. French, **The Guardian, *posted October 12
*The author is a career foreign correspondent with much experience in
Africa and the Caribbean and, since 2008 ,a professor of journalism at
Columbia University. This article is excerpted from his new book *Born in
Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to
the Second World War *(W.W. Norton, October 2021). *

*"Columbus Day Marked a Key Battle in the History Wars of the 1990s"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/11/columbus-day-marked-key-battle-history-wars-1990s>
By *Cynthia Prescott, **Washington Post, *posted October 11
*The author teaches history at the University of North Dakota and is the
author of *Pioneer Mother Monuments: Constructing Cultural Memory *(U. of
Oklahoma Press, 2020).*

*"The Electoral Count Act Is Broken. Fixing It Requires Knowing How It
Became Law"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/08/electoral-count-act-is-broken-fixing-it-requires-knowing-how-it-became-law>
By *Erik B. Alexander and Rachel Shelden,** Washington Post, *posted
October 8
*On the history of the Electoral Count Act of 1877, which is "the story of
the same issues we confront today: racism, voter suppression and
constitutional dysfunction." The authors teach history at Southern Illinois
University and Pennsylvania State University, respectively.*

*"Origin and Meaning of Critical Race Theory"*
<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/6/2056605/-Origin-and-Meaning-of-Critical-Race-Theory>
*By Alan J. Singer, **Daily Kos, *posted October 6
*A very clearly written introduction to the subject and its relation to the
teaching of history. The author is a historian and director of social
studies education at Hofstra University.*

*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles
included in the above list, and to Steve Gosch for valuable consulting.
Suggestions for these occasional lists can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com
<jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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