[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 8/21/22: New source on post-9/11 US foreign policy; links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Note: *Historians Roger Peace and Jeremy Kuzmarov have produced a
64,000-word, illustrated and extensively documented essay on “Afghanistan,
Iraq, and the ‘War on Terror'” <http://peacehistory-usfp.org/wot.> as an
addition to the United States Foreign Policy History & Resource Guide 2022
<http://peacehistory-usfp.org/>, a website co-sponsored by the Peace
History Society and Historians for Peace and Democracy.


*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"On Russian Invasion, US Intel Got It Right - But Policymakers Stumbled"*
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/08/19/on-russian-invasion-us-intel-got-it-right-but-policymakers-stumbled>
By *George Beebe and Anatol Lieven,* *Responsible Statecraft, *posted
August 19
*Faults US pre-war policy for failing to make a serious attempt to avert
the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Anatol Lieven is a historian of Russia and
its neighbors and George Beebe is a former longtime CIA analyst, and both
are active with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft*

*"Why Learning the History of Slavery in America Doesn't Need to Be
Depressing"*
<https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Why-Learning-the-History-of-Slavery-in-America-Doesnt-Have-to-Be-Depressing>
By *Stephanie Coontz, **HubPages, *posted August  18
*"When we “whitewash” the past, we not only deny wrongs that still need to
be righted, but we fail to honor the men and women --black, brown, and
white -- whose struggles for justice and equality prove beyond doubt that
no group of Americans is “irredeemably sexist and racist.” The author is a
professor emerita of history at Evergreen State College.*

*"No, Israel Hasn't Committed 50 Holocausts Against Palestinians or Even
One; But It Has Committed Apartheid"*
<https://www.juancole.com/2022/08/committed-holocausts-palestinians.html>
<https://www.juancole.com/2022/08/committed-holocausts-palestinians.html>
By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted August 18
*The author teaches Middle East history at the University of Michigan.*

*"Afghanistan a Year Later:  Will 'Over the Horizon' Normalize Endless War"*
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/08/15/afghanistan-a-year-later-will-over-the-horizon-normalize-endless-war>
By *Mary Dudziak, **Responsible Statecraft, *posted August 15
*"The idea of “over the horizon” war [through drone warfare, without
American "boots on the ground"] is a signal to Americans that war happens
someplace else. It won’t hurt them. It doesn’t need to bother them." The
author teaches in the law school of Emory University and is a past
president of the Society for the History of American Foreign Relations
(SHAFR).*

*"From Poison Control Statutes to Pope Pius IX: The History of
Anti-Abortion Law"*
<https://lithub.com/from-poison-control-statutes-to-pope-pius-ix-the-history-of-anti-abortion-law>
By *Elisabeth Griffith, **Literary Hub, *posted August 10
*An adapted excerpt from the author's newly published *Formidable: American
Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020 *(Pegasus Books)*. *She also
wrote a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and has taught history at the
college and high school levels.*

*"Truman Failed to Pause -- and the Nagasaki War Crime Followed"*
<https://gregmitchell.substack.com/p/truman-failed-to-pause-and-the-nagasaki>
By *Greg Mitchell, *Substack, posted August 9
*On the decision to go ahead with the Nagasaki bombing three days after the
destruction of Hiroshima had established the power of the atomic bomb*. *Among
the author's books is *The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb *(New Press, 2020)*

*"77th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings: Revisiting the
Record"*
<https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2022-08-08/77th-anniversary-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-bombings-revisiting>
By the *National Security Archive, *posted August 8
*Documents from 1945 concerning the effects of the atomic bombings,
especiallyh radiation sickness, with an introductory essay by William Burr.*

*"Hijacking History: An Interview with Kalhleen Wellman"*
<https://rightingamerica.net/hijacking-history-an-interview-with-kathleen-wellman>
By *William Trollinger, **Righting America, *posted August 4
*Kathleen Wellman teaches history at Southern Methodist University and is
the author of *Hijacking America: How the Christian Right Teaches History
and Why It Matters *(Oxford U. Press, 2021).*

*"The Strange Death of Liberal Russia - Part I"*
<https://www.russiapost.info/society/death_of_liberal_russia_p1>
By *Paul Robinson, **Russia.Post, *posted August 4
*The first of a three-part historical analysis of Russian liberalism, which
"has always had a narrow social base and has gravitated toward Westernism."
The author teaches in the School of Public and International Affairs at the
University of Ottawa.*

*"Does Anyone Still Understand the Security Dilemma?"*
<https://archive.ph/3uSzY>
By *Stephen M. Walt, **Foreign Policy, *posted July 26

*Applies to the Ukraine war the concept of the "security dilemma," which
"describes how the actions that one state takes to make itself more secure
... tend to make other states less secure and lead them to respond in
kind." The author teaches international relations at Harvard University.*

*Yes "I'm a Ukrainian Socialist. Here's Why I Resist the Russian Invasion"*
<https://jacobin.com/2022/07/ukraine-russia-war-putin-socialism-resistance>
By *Taras Bilous, **Jacobin, *posted July 26
*"Although Washington has done a lot to undermine international law (we,
like socialists anywhere in the world, will never forget the criminal
invasion of Iraq, for instance), by supporting Ukrainian resistance to the
invasion they are doing the right thing." The author is a historian and
editor of *Commons: Journal of Social Criticism.

*"Neutralism Returns--and Gets More Powerful"*
<https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/22/opinion/neutralism-returns-gets-more-powerful>
By *Stephen Kinzer, **Boston Globe, *posted July 22
*"War in Ukraine has galvanized the US-led NATO. It has also, however, led
a growing number of countries to conclude that they have no stake in a
European conflict or a confrontation with Russia." The author is a longtime
journalist and now a Senior Fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute
for Public and International Affairs.*

*"A Giant Rescued from Oblivion"*
<https://againstthecurrent.org/atc219/a-giant-rescued-from-oblivion>
By *John Woodford, **Against the Current, *July-August issue
*A lengthy review essay of the second volume of historian Jeff Perry's
monumental biography of the West Indian-American socialist and
internationalist Hubert Harrison (1883-1927).*

*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Roger Peace, 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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