[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 6/9/23: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

 *Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Politics Returns to Russia"
<https://snyder.substack.com/p/politics-returns-to-russia>*
By *Timothy Snyder,* Substack, posted June 5
*A complex description of conflicts within Russian military forces and the
impact of cross-border raids inside Russia by Russian fighters allied with
Ukraine."The war in Ukraine has restarted Russian politics: not necessarily
in ways that are pleasant to watch, but following a dynamic that will be
difficult to stop." The author teaches East European history at Yale
University.*

*"The Compulsion to Intervene: Why Washington Underwrites Violence in
Ukraine"* <https://tomdispatch.com/the-compulsion-to-intervene>
By *Andrew Bacevich, *TomDispatch.com, posted June 1
*Questions the rationale and practicality of what the author says is the US
strategy of using the Ukraine War to weaken Russia. "American enthusiasm
for punishing Russia might actually have made strategic sense if the
zero-sum logic of the Cold War still pertained," but not now. The author is
a retired US Army lieutenant colonel and a professor emeritus of history
and international relations at Boston University. *

*"One Hundred Years of Kissinger"*
<https://original.antiwar.com/eisenberg/2023/05/30/one-hundred-years-of-kissinger>
By *Carolyn Eisenberg, *antiwar.com, posted May 30
*Summarizes Henry Kissinger's role in prolonging the Vietnam War during
Richard Nixon's first presidential term. The author teaches history at
Hofstra University and is the author of *Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger,
and the Wars in Southeast Asia *(Oxford U. Press, 2023).*

*"Why Are U.S. Republicans Importing an Alien Fascist Christian Nationalism
from Orban's Hungary?"*
<https://www.juancole.com/2023/05/christian-nationalist-republicans.html>
By *Dan Dinello, *Informed Comment blog, posted May 30
*Argues that on issue after issue, from immigration to attacks on academic
freedom,Viktor Orban's government has pioneered repressive policies that
are being adopted by Republicans in the US. It is no coincidence that the
Conservative Political Action Committee has held two-day conventions in
Hungary for two years running. "A vision of the Republican future, Victor
Orbán is Trump or DeSantis with 13 years in command." *

*"Black People May Have Started Memorial Day. Whites Erased It from
History"* <https://archive.ph/fJgCH>
By *Donald Beaulieu, **Washington Post, *posted May 29
*Describes a May 1, 1865 commemoration in Charleston, South Carolina
honoring Union war dead, which preceded other events that have been linked
to the origins of Memorial Day, and notes the longtime southern erasure of
that event in favor of pro-Confederate interpretations of the Civil War
era.*

*"Henry Kissinger's Documented Legacy: **A Declassified Dossier on HAK’s
Controversial Historical Legacy, on His 100th Birthday"*
<https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cold-war-henry-kissinger/2023-05-25/henry-kissingers-documented-legacy>
By the *National Security Archive, *posted May 25

*Using recently declassified documents, this posting sheds light on an
extraordinary range of Kissinger's activities as National Security  Adviser
and then Secretary of State, including secret bombing in Southeast Asia,
wiretapping of other US officials, the 1973 Chile coup, and the "dirty war"
in Argentina.*

*"Preliminary Report of the Special Committee on Academic Freedom and
Florida" * <https://www.aaup.org/file/Preliminary_Report_Florida.pdf>
By the *AAUP, *posted May 24
*Although only a preliminary report, this 18-page document goes into fine
detail about the machinations of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to seize
control of higher education in his state."This onslaught, if sustained,
threatens the very survival of meaningful higher education in the state,
with the direst implications for the entire country." *

*"Blood on His Hands: Survivors of Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia
Reveal Unreported Mass Killings"*
<https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors>
By *Nick Turse, **The Intercept, *posted May 23
*Based on "hundreds of hours of research at the U.S. National Archives" and
on interviews with survivors in Cambodian villages along the Vietnamese
border."*These attacks were far more intimate and perhaps even more
horrific than the violence already attributed to Kissinger’s policies.*"
The author has written extensively on war crimes during the Vietnam War and
on current US military activity in Africa.*

*"Stronger Global Governance Is the Only Way to a World Free of Nuclear
Weapons" <https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/185705>*
By *Lawrence Wittner, *History News Network, posted May 21
*Argues that despite the partial successes of popular resistance to nuclear
weaponry from the 1980s to recent years, nuclear warfare can only be
prevented by a greatly strengthened UN or another such body. The author is
a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany.*

*"The Point Is Intimidation: Florida Teachers Besieged by Draconian Laws"*
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/13/florida-teachers-woke-law-ron-desantis>
By *Steven Greenhouse, **The Guardian, *posted May 13
*"As the summer holidays approach, Florida teachers are feeling anxious,
confused and beaten down by new laws, championed by DeSantis, that limit
how issues of race can be taught, what teachers can say about sex,
especially about homosexuality, and what books are permitted in schools."
The author is a journalist who covered labor for three decades at the *New
York Times.

*"Church and State: How the Murder of a CIA Officer Was Used to Silence the
Agency's Greatest Critic"*
<https://theintercept.com/2023/05/09/cia-frank-church-richard-welch-book>
By *James Risen and Thomas Risen, **The Intercept, *posted May 9

*On the campaign of the Gerald Ford White House and the CIA to discredit
the Senate Committee, headed by Idaho Democrat Frank Church, that during
1975 had uncovered numerous  CIA abuses. Defenders of the agency falsely
claimed that the unrelated murder of a CIA station chief in Greece had come
about because the Church Committee had disclosed his identity. *

*Thanks to Roger Peace and an anonymous reader for flagging articles
included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to
jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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