[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 7/29/22: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

 *Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*Biden's Unkind, Rewind Approach to the Middle East"*
<https://archive.ph/Fo6EI#selection-1289.13-1289.73>
By *Andrew J. Bacevich, **The Nation, *posted July 27
*On President' Biden's trip to the Middle East, most notably Saudi Arabia
and Israel. The "not-so-subtle purpose" was "to signal that Biden has no
intention of tampering with the fundamentals actually defining US policy in
the region. First among those fundamentals is to serve as a supplier of
weapons." **The author is a professor emeritus of history and international
relations at Boston University.*

*"The Republicans' Holocaust Problem"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/183512>
By *Steve Hopchstadt, *History News Network, posted July 22
* "Some Republicans cozy up to Nazis. Some Republicans, often the same
ones, call Democrats Nazis. Many Republicans across the country are
attacking the foundation of Holocaust teaching. These three arms of
Republican behavior around the Nazis have a single result: to trivialize
the Holocaust." The author is a professor emeritus of history at Illinois
College. His *Sources of the Holocaust* (2004) is a documents collection
widely used in Holocaust courses.  *

*"The United States Is Building a Coalition of Its Adversaries"*
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/07/19/the-united-states-is-building-a-coalition-of-its-adversaries>
By *Paul R. Pillar, **Responsible Statecraft, *posted July 19
*"Countries like China, Russia, and Iran have cause for frosty
intra-relations but US foreign policy is bringing them together." The
author is a 28-year veteran of the CIA who teaches in the Security Studies
Program at Georgetown University.*

*"What Pre-Civil War History Tells Us about the Coming Abortion Battle"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/07/14/what-pre-civil-war-history-tells-us-about-coming-abortion-battle>
By *Kate Masur, **Washington Post, *posted July 14
*On the increasingly bitterstruggles between states over fugitive slave
laws. The author teaches history at Northwestern University and wrote *Until
Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution
to Reconstruction (Norton, 2021), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in
History..

*"The Supreme Court Letting States Legislate Morals Will  End Badly"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/07/13/supreme-court-letting-states-mandate-morals-will-end-badly>
By *Nancy C. Unger, **Washington Post, *posted July 13
*On the White Slave Traffic Act ("Mann Act") of 1910 and its use to punish
"immoral" sexual activity that had nothing to do with sex trafficking. The
author teaches history at Santa Clara University and is president of the
Society of Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.*

*"Imperial Detritus: Henry Luce's Dream Comes Undone"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/imperial-detritus>
By *Andrew Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted July 12
*Reflections on the long-term resonance of publisher Henry Luce's 1941 *Life
*Magazine essay entitled "The American Century."  That essay "stands in
relation to the American empire as the Declaration of Independence once did
to the American republic." The author is a professor emeritus of history
and international relations at Boston University.*

*"Biden Moves U.S. Closer to Confrontation with Russia"*
<https://archive.ph/Uhm7C>
By *Stephen Kinzer, **Boston Globe, *posted July 11
*"Like many Americans, Biden sees Russia through a lens at least as
distorted as the one through which Russia views us. His latest step
reflects his choice of war over peace — or as he might put it, his belief
that peace can best be achieved through war." The author is a longtime
journalist and author of *Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change
from Hawaii to Iraq* (Times Books, 2006).*

*"Ukraine's Implausible Theories of Victory: The Fantasy of Russian Defeat
and the Case for Diplomacy"* <https://archive.ph/A8JlB>
By *Barry R. Posen, **Foreign Affairs, *posted July 8
*Analyzes current Western strategies, predicts that Russia will not lose,
and urges diplomatic settlement. The author teaches political science at
MIT and is emeritus director of the MIT Security Studies Program.*

*"Will 2022 Be the Year of Nuclear Proliferation?"*
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/07/08/will-2022-be-the-year-of-nuclear-proliferation>
By *Daniel Larison. **Responsible Statecraft*, posted July 8

* "The U.S. is now on the verge of new and ruinous arms races with both
Russia and China at the same time, and they promise to be just as wasteful
and dangerous as the Cold War arms race was. That makes working for
disarmament that much more important."  The author is a contributing editor
of Antiwar.com and has a PhD in history from the University of Chicago.*

*"The Wagner Group Is Just the Latest Example of Privatized War"*
<https://portside.org/2022-07-08/wagner-group-just-latest-example-privatized-war>
By *Lawrence Wittner, **Portside, *posted July  8
"Like the activities of other mercenary enterprises, those of the Wagner
Group continue the historic practice of hiring soldiers of fortune to wage
war.  And, like the problem of war, the problem of mercenary operations
seems unlikely to be solved without a substantial strengthening of
international security institutions, among them the United Nations."*.The
author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany.*

*"Colombia Is Finally in the Midst of a Long-Awaited Opening for Left
Politics"*
<https://jacobin.com/2022/07/colombia-left-politics-gustavo-petro-francia-marquez>
By *Julian Reingold, **Jacobin, *posted July 6
*Describes and analyzes the June 19 election of ex-guerrilla leader Gustavo
Petro as president of Colombia (and of Afro-Colombian activist Francia
Márquez as vice-president), with the hope of a break from the country's
long history of rampant inequality and violent internal repression.The
author is an environmental journalist who has traveled widely in Latin
America.*

*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Roger Peace, and an anonymous reader for
suggesting articles included in the above list, and to Roger Peace for
valuable consultation on the final composition of the list. Suggestions can
be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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