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Links to Recent Articles of Interest from Historians Against the War

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

 

“‘Our (New) Terrorists’ the MEK: Have We Seen This Movie Before?”

By Coleen Rowley, Huffington Post, posted September 27

 

“Boykinism: Joe McCarthy Would Understand” 

By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted September 25

The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

 

“New Stanford/NYU Study Documents the Civilian Terror from Obama’s Drones”

By Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian, posted September 24

 

“The Siren Song of American Imperialism”

By William Astore, History News Network, posted September 24

The author is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who teaches history at the Pennsylvania College of Technology

 

“How Hawkish Are Americans?”

By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted September 24

The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany

 

“Who Is the Client State?”

By Stanley Kutler, History News Network, posted September 24

The author is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin

 

“The Persecution of John Kiriakou: Torture and the Myth of Never Again”

By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com, posted September 11

 

“How We Became Israel”

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted September 10

The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

 

“The Case Against War: Ten Years Later”

By Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted September 11

 

“US Love Affair with Israel Masks a Real History of Mistrust”

By Jonathan Cook, The National, posted September 10

Recommended recent articles from Historians Against the War

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

“Report on Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa Distorts Its History”
By Gareth Porter, AntiWar.com, posted April 18

“A Black Indian March for Peace, 1861-1862”
By William Loren Katz, Portside.org, posted April 16

“Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster: What History Should Teach Us about Blockading Iran”
By Juan Cole, TomDispatch.com, posted April 12
The author teaches history at the University of Michigan.

“The Afghan Syndrome: Vietnam Has Left Town, Say Hello to the New Syndrome on the Block”
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted April 10

“U.S. Military Atrocities Abroad”
By Ambeth R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, posted April 10
Relates the U.S.-Philippine War to Vietnam and Afghanistan

“Heard the One about the Peace Activist on the Titanic?”
By David Swanson, War Is a Crime.org, posted April 9

“Left Behind: What We Lost in Iraq and Washington, 2009-2012”
By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com, posted April 8

“Waist Deep in Big Muddy, Again?”
By Mark Solomon, Portside.org, posted April 7

“Thinking the Unthinkable on Iran”
By Jonathan Schell, The Nation, posted April 6

“Our Men in Iran?”
By Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker blog, posted April 6

Articles of interest from Historians Against the War

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

“US Outrage at Syria Veto at UN Rife with Hypocrisy”
By Stephen Zunes, TruthOut.org, posted February 8

“Anniversaries from ‘Unhistory'”
By Noam Chomsky, NationofChange.org, posted February 7

“The Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize”
By David Swanson, WarIs a Crime.org, posted February 5

“Truth, Lies and Afghanistan: How Military Leaders Have Let Us Down”
By Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, Armed Forces Journal, February issue

“History Lesson for Newt Gingrich: Andrew Jackson Was a Savage Indian Killer”
By William Loren Katz, History News Network, posted January 30

“The Pentagon Pitches its New Strategic Narrative”
By Allen Ruff and Steve Horn, AntiWar.com, posted January 30
Allen Ruff has a history PhD from the University of Wisconsin

“The People and the Patriots: Who Led Whom in the American Revolution”
By Alfred Young, Boston Review, Nov.-Dec. 2011 issue, posted January 25
The author is a professor of history emeritus at Northern Illinois University

“The U.S., Indonesia & the New York Times”
By Conn Hallinan, CounterPunch, posted January 24

“A WPA for History: Occupy the American Historical Association”
By Jesse Lemisch, TruthOut.org, posted January 24
The author is a professor of history emeritus at John Jay College, CUNY

“Henoko and the U.S. Military: A History of Dependence and Resistance”
By Steve Rabson, The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 10 Issue 4 No. 2, January 23
On U.S. bases in Okinawa; the author is a professor of Asian Studies emeritus at Brown University

Update and articles from Historians Against the War

AHA Convention (Chicago, January 5-8)

Historians Against the War will have a literature table (shared with the Radical History Review) from 11:30 to 2:30 on Friday on Level 2 of the Sheraton Chicago (the headquarters hotel).  The table will be in the common area of Level 2, called the LB Promenade.

Also on Friday, a special session on the jobs crisis, chaired by the AHA president and with Jesse Lemisch as one of the speakers, has been called for 1:00 to 2:30 in Chicago Ballroom VI, also in the Sheraton Chicago.

Among other sessions of interest is one on “Cold War Policing and the American Empire,” chaired by Alfred McCoy, 2:30 – 4:30 Friday in Chicago Ballroom A of the Chicago Marriott Downtown.  The on-line program for the convention is at http://aha.confex.com/aha/2012/webprogram/start.html.

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

“Iran and Historical Forgetting”

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/03/iran-and-historical-forgetting

By John Grant, CounterPunch.org, posted January 3

 

“Debacle: How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower”

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175484

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted January 3

 

“Will His New Sanctions on Iran Cost Obama the Presidency?”

http://www.juancole.com/2012/01/will-his-new-sanctions-on-iran-cost-obama-the-presidency.html

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted January 3

The author teaches history at the University of Michigan

 

“Iraq: Remembering Those Responsible”

http://www.truth-out.org/iraq-remember-those-responsible/1325433300

By Stephen Zunes, TruthOut.org, posted January 1

 

“The United States as a Global Power: New World Disorder”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/28/us-global-power-new-world-disorder

Editorial in The Guardian, posted December 29

 

“Korea and the US Policy of Perpetual War”

http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/harry-targ-korea-and-us-policy-of.html

By Harry Targ, The Rag Blog Digest, posted December 29

 

“Q&A: Have Human Rights Been Left Behind in Egypt? On Condition of Anonymity, Representatives of Human Rights Organisations Talk about the Current Situation in Egypt”

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/20111213115244470203.html

By Mark LeVine, Aljazeers, posted December 29

The author teaches history at the University of California, Irvine

 

“Prospects for Peace on Earth”

http://warisacrime.org/content/prospects-peace-earth

By David Swanson, War Is a Crime.org, posted December 22

 

“David Montgomery, Grand Master Workman”

http://www.thenation.com/article/165235/david-montgomery-grand-master-workman?rel=emailNation

By Dana Frank, The Nation, posted December 19

The author teaches history at the University of California, Santa Cruz

 

“Iraq: No Comfort in Being Right”

http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2011/12/12/iraq-no-comfort-in-being-right/

By Kelly B. Vlahos, antiwar.com, posted December 12

Retrospective analysis of the Iraq occupation

Historians Against the War: Links to Recent Articles of Interest

Historians Against the War: Links to Recent Articles of Interest

“Is a Nuclear War with China Possible?”
By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted November 28
The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany

“The Militarization of American Police Has Long Historical Roots”
By Jeremy Kuzmarov, History News Network, posted November 28
The author teaches history at the University of Tulsa

“Wes Clark and the Neocon Dream”
By Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, posted November 26

“NYPD Raid on Occupy’s Zuccotti Park Destroyed Thousands of Books”
By Gianna Palmer, McClatchy Newspapers, posted November 23

“Violence Goes to College”
By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted November 22
The author teaches history at Trinity College

“Seymour Hersh: Propaganda Used Ahead of the Iraq War Is Now Being Reused over Iran’s Nuke Program”
Interview with Seymour Hersh on Democracy Now, posted on Alternet.org November 22

“Occupy Wall Street”
By Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie, Strategic Culture Foundation, posted November 17
The author teaches history at Howard University

“Who Said Gaddafi Had to Go?”
By Hugh Roberts, London Review of Books, November 17 issue

“Big Change Whether We Like It or Not: Only Washington Is Clueless”
By Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted November 13
The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

“Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism”
By Juan Cole, TomDispatch.com, posted November 10
The author teaches history at the University of Michigan

“Why the US Recognized Israel” (full version of article previously cited)
By Irene Gendzier, Israeli Occupation Archive, posted November 9
The author teaches history at Boston University

“China and the US: The Roadmaps”
By Pepe Escobar, Aljazeera, posted October 31

Readings (and announcements) from Historians Against the War

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

1.  The conference “Looking Back, Moving Forward: War Resisters in North America,” endorsed by Historians Against the War and other groups, takes place September 23-24 (Friday evening and all day Saturday) at Steelworkers Hall in Toronto.  The Web site is http://warresistersconference.activehistory.ca, and there is a poster for the conference at http://www.historiansagainstwar.org/hawconf/warresisters/posterletter.pdf.  Questions can be sent to Luke Stewart at l5stewar@uwaterloo.ca (the first character is the letter “l,” not the numeral one.

2.  Also, registration has begun for the Washington DC conference “Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization,” of which HAW is a co-sponsor.  It will be held at American University on September 21-22 and will feature knowledgeable speakers on the major countries in the region as well as US policy.  The American Friends Service Committee initiated the conference.  The Web site (still a work in progress) is http://afsc.org/peace-asia-pacific-conference.

3. The Radical History Review has just published a special issue entitled “Historicizing 9/11”; contents are listed at http://rhr.dukejournals.org/content/current.  None of the articles is included in the list below because the RHR is published by Duke University Press, whose journals are “gated”:  on-line access is mainly by way of institutional subscriptions.

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

“Let’s Cancel 9/11: Bury the War State’s Blank Check at Sea”

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175437

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted September 8

 

“Operation Torture”

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/08/operation-torture

By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted September 8

The author teaches history at Trinity College

 

“Was There an Alternative? Looking Back on 9/11 a Decade Later”

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175436

By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com, posted September 6

 

“How Not to Commemorate 9/11”

http://truthdig.com/report/item/how_not_to_commemorate_9_11_20110906

By Stanley Kutler, Truthdig.com, posted September 6

The author is a professor of history emeritus at the University of Wisconsin

 

“The CIA and the Drones: How the Agency Became ‘One Hell of a Killing Machine'”

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/06/the-cia-and-the-drones

By Gareth Porter, CounterPunch.org, posted September 6

 

“Kansas City Here It Comes: A New Nuclear Weapons Plant!”

http://hnn.us/articles/9-5-11/kansas-city-here-it-comes-a-new-nuclear-weapons-plant.html

By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted September 5

The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany

 

“The 9/11 Conspiracists: Vindicated After All These Years?”

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/02/the-911-conspiracists-vindicated-after-all-these-years/

By Alexander Cockburn, CounterPunch.org, posted September 2

This article is a lengthy refutation of inside-job conspiracy theories of the 9/11 attacks

 

“A Troubling Lesson from Libya: Don’t Give Up Nukes”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0830/A-troubling-lesson-from-Libya-Don-t-give-up-nukes

By Reza Sanati, Christian Science Monitor, posted August 30

 

“Epitaph forAnother September 11”

http://www.thenation.com/article/163056/epitaph-another-september-11

By Ariel Dorfman, The Nation, posted August 30

 

“MLK Would Be Against the Wars Today”

http://hnn.us/articles/8-29-11/mlk-would-be-against-the-war-today.html

By William Loren Katz, History News Network, posted August 29

Libya, Afghanizstan, Tet, “national security” and Jane Fonda: Latest articles recommended by HAW

“Ten Myths About Libya?”
By Conn Hallinan, Portside.org, posted August 24
This critique of Juan Cole’s article, listed below, requires scrolling partway down the Portside page.

“Top Ten Myths About the Libya War”
By Juan Cole, Portside.org, posted August 23 (from the author’s Informed Comment blog, August 22)
The author teaches history at the University of Michigan

“As Fighting Continues in Libya, a Look at Role of the U.S., NATO and Oil Firms in Libya Uprising”
Interview with Phyllis Bennis by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, posted August 23

“The Tet Offensive’s Parallels to Afghanistan”
By Richard Falk, Aljazeera.net, posted August 23

“An Initial Libyan Scorecard”
By Mark LeVine, Aljazeera.net, posted August 22
The author teaches history at the University of California, Irvine

“The ‘Most Notorious Liar in the Country’ Gets a Memorial on the Mall”
By Jo Freeman, Senior Women Web, posted appr. August 22

“How Safe Are You? What Almost $8 Trillion in National Security Spending Bought You”
By Chris Hellman, TomDispatch.com, posted August 18

“Shaping a New World Order”
By Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, posted August 17
The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

“Jane Fonda and the ‘Home of the Brave'”
Bu Nancy Miller Saunders, The Rag Blog, posted August 11

“The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention”
By Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted August 9

Recent Articles of Interest from Historians Against the War

Recent Articles of Interest from HAW

“How to Save a Quarter of a Trillion Dollars”
By Lawrence S. Wittner, Huffington Post, posted August 8
The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany

“On the Sixty-Sixth Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima”
By Gar Alperovitz, CommonDreams.org, posted August 6

“Peddling Foolishness in Afghanistan”
By Conn Hallinan, CounterPunch.org, posted August 5
On geography, history, and the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

“Say It Ain’t So, O!”
By Stanley Kutler, TruthDig.com, posted August 4
The author is a professor of history emeritus at the University of Wisconsin

“War, Guilt and ‘Thank You for Your Service'”
By Elizabeth Samet, Bloomberg News, posted August 2

“Ballpark Liturgy: America’s New Civic Religion”
By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted July 28
The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

“Anders Breivik, Steig Larsson, and the Men with the Nazi Tattoos”
By James Ridgeway, Mother Jones, posted July 26

“NATO in Libya Has Failed to Learn Costly Lessons of Afghanistan”
By Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, posted July 23

“Puppets in Revolt: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and the United States”
By James Petras, Information Clearing House, posted July 23

“Checkmate in the Great Game”
By Nicholas J. S. Davies, Z Magazine, July-August issue

Articles recommended by Historians Against the War: US war machine; Libya; Gaza; US War Powers Act

“Why the War Machine Keeps on Running”
By Franklin C. Spinney, CounterPunch.org, posted July 5

“Warring Ambitions”
By Joyce Appleby, Los Angeles Times, posted July 3
On the Founding Fathers and the power to declare war; the author is a professor of history emerita at UCLA

“Waiting for Godot on the Gaza Flotilla”
By Mark LeVine, Op-Ed News, posted July 1
The author teaches history at the University of California, Irvine

“King George III Won: Happy Fourth of July”
By David Swanson, War Is a Crime.org, posted June 30

“The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama: Signs of the Great American Unraveling”
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted June 30

“Isolationism: Behind the Myth, a Usable Past”
By Michael H. Hunt, History News Network, posted June 29
The author is a professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina

“On the Mend? America Comes to Its Senses”
By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted June 28
The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

“Sacred Mantras”
By Uri Avnery, CounterPunch.org, posted June 28

“The Undoing of Libya”
By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted June 27
The author teaches history at Trinity College

“Finally, the Age of Western Intervention Is Over”
By John Kampfner, The Independent, posted June 27

HAW recommends these articles

“Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Critic”
By James Risen, New York Times, posted June 16
The critic in question was University of Michigan historian Juan Cole. He has posted his take on the Times article here.

“Andropov Was Right”
By Tariq Ali, London Review of Books, June 16 issue
Review of two books on the Soviet experience in Afghanistan

“Congress Members Sue Obama to End Libya War”
By David Swanson, War Is a Crime.org, posted June 15
Includes historical background

“Western Media Fraud in the Middle East”
By Nir Rosen, Aljazeera English, posted June 15

“Siamese Twins Sharing the Same Brain: How the Military and the Civilian Are Blurring in Washington”
By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted June 14

“The Whistle-Blowers of 1777”
By Stephen M. Kohn, New York Times op-ed, posted June 12

“Slain Writer’s Book Says US-NATO War Served Al-Qaeda Strategy”
By Gareth Porter, Institute for Policy Studies, posted June 10

“Three Deadly War Myths”
By Robert Parry, ConsortiumNews.com, posted June 9
On myths related to the Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libyan wars

“Afghanistan: Obama’s Moment of Decision”
By Andrew J. Bacevich, History News Network, from The Daily Beast, posted June 8
The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

“Daniel Ellsberg: All the Crimes Richard Nixon Committed Against Me Are Now Legal”
Interview on the CNN blog, posted June 7