[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 5/15/23: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"History Bright and Dark"* <https://archive.ph/DSnUB>
By *Adam Hochschild, **New York Review of Books, *May 25 issue
*Combines a critical introduction to Hillsdale College's 3,268-page
right-wing "1776 Curriculum" with a review of the documentary series hosted
by Nikole Hannah-Jones for the 1619 Project. The author is known for his
best-selling history books, most recently *American Midnight*: The Great
War [World War I], a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis*
(Mariner Books, 2022).

*"Contemporary Pundits Need a Primer on Populism's History"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/185651>
By *Steve Babson, *History News Network, posted May 14
*Contrasts the actual Populists of the 1890s with contemporary
right-wingers to whom the "populist" label is incessantly applied. The
author is a labor educator with a history PhD from Wayne State University
and author of *Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save
Democracy *(Mission Point Press, 2023).*

*"Putin Is Fighting, and Losing, His Last War"* <https://archive.ph/yEFfn>
By *Timothy Snyder, **New York Times, *posted May 9
*"The Soviet Union lost its war in Afghanistan. America lost in Vietnam and
in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Israel failed to win in Lebanon. Nuclear powers
lose wars with some regularity." Makes a number of arguments against taking
Putin's threats of nuclear weapons seriously. The author teaches Eastern
European history at Yale University.*

*"The Pentagon Has Been Recolonizing U.S. Campuses - Why Aren't More
Students Protesting?"*
<https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/08/the-pentagon-has-been-recolonizing-university-campuses-why-arent-more-students-protesting>
By *Jeremy Kuzmarov, **CovertAction Magazine, *posted May 8
*Expands on an April 5 webinar hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action and the
War Industries Resistance Network, featuring longtime military researcher
Michaekl Klare. Universities, the article says,"*desperate for cash in an
era of neo-liberal budget cutbacks—are eager for the revenue that the
military can provide." The author is a historian who is the editor of
*CovertAction
Magazine.*.

*"U.S. and Ukraine: Sending Arms or Twisting Arms?"*
<https://fpif.org/u-s-in-ukraine-sending-arms-or-twisting-arms>
By *John Feffer, **Foreign Policy in Focus, *posted May 3
*Summary of a complex 20-page analysis published in English and German for
the Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung. (The full report can be downloaded here
<https://ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Feffer-US-Ukraine-ENG.pdf>.)
The author is the director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for
Policy Studies.*

*"The Shameful History of the Lavender Scare Echoes Today"*
<https://archive.ph/jdcye>
By *David K. Johnson, **Washington Post, *posted April 27
*On the background and impact of the 1953 executive order that led to the
firing of thousands of federal employees solely for homosexuality. The
author teaches history at the University of South Florida. Among his books
is *The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in
the Federal Government *(U. of Chicago Press, 2004).*

*"The DeSantis School"*
<https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-desantis-school-royles>
By *Dan Royles, **The Baffler, *posted April 27
*"Governor Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers are dismantling higher
education at breakneck speed, and they’re doing it in part by taking aim at
people like me." The author teaches at Florida International University and
wrote * The African American Struggle against HIV/AIDS* (University of
North Carolina Press, 2020). *

*"Political Polarization Threatens American Education"*
<https://publicseminar.org/2023/04/political-polarization-threatens-american-education>
By *Molly Nolan, **Public Seminar, *posted April 24
*An overview of the "anti-learning culture wars" and of participation by
Historians for Peace and Democracy in efforts* to counter threats to public
education and academic freedom. *The author is a professor emerita of
history at New York University and a Steering Committee member of H-PAD.*

*"Retelling American History with Native Americans at the Center"
<https://archive.ph/sdldY>*
By *Alan Taylor, **New York Times, *posted April 23
*A review of Yale University historian New Blackhawk's new book *The
Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
* (Yale U. Press, 2023). The reviewer teaches history at the University of
Virginia.*

*"Putin's War on Ukrainian Memory"* <https://archive.ph/axfGH>
By *Richard Ovenden, **The Atlantic, *posted April 23
*On the destruction of many libraries and archives in Ukraine by Russian
bombs. The author is director of the Bodleian Library at the University of
Oxford and author of *Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate
Destruction of Knowledge *(Harvard U. Press, 2020)*.

*"A Restraint Approach to U.S.-China Relations: Reversing the Slide Toward
Crisis and Conflict"*
<https://quincyinst.org/report/u-s-relations-with-china-a-strategy-based-on-restraint/>
By *Michael D. Swaine and Andrew Bacevich, *Quincy Institute for
Responsible Statecraft, posted April 18
*Warns against the dire consequences of a "genuinely hostile" US-China
relationship and proposes steps to reduce the dangers. Both authors are
associated with the Quincy Institute, and Andrew Bacevich is an emeritus
professor of history and international relations at Boston University. *

*"No Blood for Oil: Examining the Movement Against the Iraq War"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/185441>
By *Charles F. Howlett, *History News Network, posted April 16
*A review essay on David Cortright's new book on opposition to the Iraq War*
(A Peaceful Superpower: Lessons from the World’s Largest Antiwar Movement,*
New Village Press, 2023)* * The reviewer is a professor emeritus at Molloy
University and a recent recipient of the Peace History Society's Lifetime
Achievement Award.*

*"Failed Policies That Fueled Foreign Wars"*
<https://progressive.org/latest/failed-policies-that-fueled-foreign-wars-cords-050423>
By *Sarah Cords, **The Progressive, *posted April 8
*An exposition of Carolyn Eisenberg's just-published book *Fire and Rain:
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia
*(Oxford University Press), which is based on newly declassified materials
and "reads as easily as a novel.".*

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