[haw-info] H-PAD Notes (formerly HAW Notes) 8/11/17: Links to recent articles of interest

Historians Against the War (HAW) is in transition to Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD), with www.historiansforpeace.org as the new website-in-progress.

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Yes Congress, Afghanistan Is Your Vietnam"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted August 11

The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.

 

"Playing Nuclear 'Chicken' with Our Lives"

By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted August 10

The author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany.

 

"The Reagan-Era Invasion That Drove North Korea to Develop Nuclear Weapons"

By Benjamin R. Young, Washington Post, posted August 9

The author is a PhD candidate in Korean history at George Washington University.

"Slouching toward Mar-a-Lago: The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted August 8

 

"The Real History of American Immigration: Trump's Break with Tradition May Be Good or Bad, But It's Definitely Different"

By Joshua Zeitz, Politico, posted August 6

The author has taught American history and politics at Cambridge and Princeton universities.

 

"When a Candidate Conspired with a Foreign Power to Win an Election"

By John A. Farrell, Politico, posted August 6

This is about 1968. John A. Farrell is the author of Richard Nixon: A Life

 

"Trump Intel Chief: North Korea Learned from Libya to 'Never' Give Up Nukes"

By Jon Schwartz, The Intercept, posted July 29

"Trump: The Anti-Gorbachev" 

By John Feffer, Nation of Change, posted July 27

Contrasts two different responses to imperial decline

 

"Home-from-War War Stories: Myth, Media & the Ken Burns Vietnam Series"

By Jerry Lembcke, CommonDreams.org, posted July 27, 2017

Jerry Lembcke is the author of Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam, among other books.

 

"Anticipating the Forthcoming PBS Documentary, 'The Vietnam War'"

By Camillo Mac Bica, AntiWar.com, posted July 20

The author is a Vietnam veteran who teaches social and political philosophy and ethics at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

 

Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Roger Peace, Bob Hannigan, Mim Jackson, and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles for the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

[haw-info] Message in support of Professor Rabab Abdul Hadi

Dear Members of H-PAD,

Professor Rabab Abdul Hadi and the Arab Muslim and Ethnicities Diasporas (AMED) Studies program at San Francisco State University (SFSU) have been the target of a number of attacks by right-wing Zionist organizations over the last year. In June of this year, one such group, the Lawfare Project filed a suit against SFSU in an attempt to intimidate Professor Abdulhadi and other faculty and students who teach, conduct research on, or speak in favor of Palestinian rights. The goal of the lawsuit is to both silence them and extract a punishment in order to further intimidate others as well.

The H-PAD steering committee has discussed how best to respond to this clear violation of academic freedom. First, we urge you to sign the petition in the following link in defense of Profesor Rabab Abdul Hadi and the Arab Muslim and Ethnicities Diasporas (AMED) Studies program at SF State. : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeArXzfd9MNbGqCIqNGnz3y_yFwYo34Gj1AZEdBiJsW_hizw/viewform

Second, we have sent a letter to SFSU President Wong and the Board of Trustees stating our support for Professor  Rabab Abdul Hadi and the Arab Muslim and Ethnicities Diasporas (AMED) Studies program at SFSU and urging him to take a firm position in favor of academic freedom and in opposition to the attempts of the Lawfare Project's to prevent it. (See below.)

Thank you.

Van Goss, Margaret Power, Andor Skotnes

H-PAD Co-chairs

Below is the letter H-PAD sent in support of Professor Rabab Abdul Hadi. 

Dear Dr. Wong,

We are an organization of historically minded activists, scholars, students, and teachers founded in 2003 at the American Historical Association meeting (www.historiansforpeace.org). Since then, we have defended the rights of both faculty and students to speak out on issues that are not particularly popular. 

We feel compelled to express our concern over the treatment of Professor Rabab Abdul Hadi, an internationally recognized scholar, who has been attacked yet again by the right-wing Zionist organization, The Lawfare Project, and other similar organizations. Like Professor Abdul Hadi, serious scholars around the country have been outspoken in their criticism of Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights. In fact, in 2015 and 2016, our organization introduced resolutions at American Historical Association condemning Israel's attack on the right to education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

We view open criticism of Israeli policy to be critical to the educational process and deplore all attempts to close it down. Such efforts are an infringement on free speech and academic freedom and are an affront to our roles as scholars and teachers.

It is incumbent on you to protect your faculty and students from attempts to intimidate them and hope that you will take a strong public stand against the false accusations and harassment of Dr. Abdul Hadi and the efforts to quash student activism.

Van Gosse, Co-Chair, Franklin and Marshall College

Margaret Power, Co-Chair, Illinois Institute of Technology

Andor Skotnes, Co-Chair, The Sage Colleges

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[haw-info] HAW Notes 7/18/17: Links to recent articles of interest

Note: Historians Against the War is in the process of transitioning to Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD), with a new in-progress website at https://www.historiansforpeace.org

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"The Demolition of U.S. Global Power: Donald Trump's Road to Debacle in the Greater Middle East"

By Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted July 17

The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin.

 

"Silencing War Criticism: The Iraq Invasion of 2003"

By William J. Astore, Bracing Views, posted July 17

The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools.

 

"Vietnam Redux: An Open Letter to Ken Burns"

By Greg Laxer, The Contrary Perspective, posted July 11

The author served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1967-71, and is active in Veterans for Peace.

 

"Why Won't China Help with North Korea? Remember 1956"

By Sergey Radchencko, ChinaFile, posted July 9

The author teaches international relations at Cardiff University.

 

"Observations on the Korea Crisis and Donald Trump"

By Gary Leupp, CounterPunch.com, posted July 7

The author teaches history at Tufts University.

 

"The Enemy of My Enemy Is My . . .? The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian Conundrum"

By Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch.com, posted July 6

Dilip Hiro is the author of A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East; this article has much historical background.

 

"Now We Know What theState Department Was Hiding"

By Ervand Abrahamian, LobeLog, posted July 4

The author is a professor emeritus of Middle East history at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. This article concerns recently released documents on the 1954 coup in Iran.

 

"New Left Historian Norman Pollack Has Died"\

By Jesse Lemisch, History News Network, posted July 1

The author is a professor emeritus of history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

 

"Why Is Afghanistan the 'Graveyard of Empires'? A Brief History of the Empires That Were Broken in the Hindu Kush"

By Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat, posted June 30

"The 'Global Order Myth: Teary-Eyed Nostalgia as Cover for U.S. Hegemony"

By Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted June 15

This article was listed in a previous mailing; Rusti Eisenberg suggested it be listed again because of its importance.

 

Thanks to an anonymous reader for suggesting several articles included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

[haw-info] An important message from Historians for Peace and Democracy, formerly Historians Against the War

July 4, 2017

 

Dear Friends of HAW/Historians for Peace and Democracy,

 

            We are writing you because you were once a member of Historians Against the War (HAW) or signed a HAW petition. We want to let you know about some changes we have undergone recently and our current campaign. We hope you will rejoin HAW and/or become active in our work. It is necessary for us to work together to resist the current reactionary politics of the Trump administration. As you may or may not be aware, HAW has undergone some changes recently. In April, we ratified a new policy statement to better address and oppose the perilous times we live in following Donald Trump et al's ascension to power. We also elected a new steering committee (Marc Becker, Matt Bokovoy, Sandra Deutsch, Carolyn Eisenberg, Barbara Epstein, John J. Fitzgerald, Jeri Fogel, Martin Halpern, Tom Harbison, Jeremy Kuzmarov, Staughton Lynd, Jim O'Brien, Roger Peace, Ellen Schrecker, Andor Skotnes, James Swarts, Barbara Weinstein, Max Weiss, Kevin Young) and named Van Gosse and Margaret Power as co-chairs. And, we changed our name to Historians for Peace and Democracy, H-PAD. We hope you are as excited with these changes as we are!

 

            We are now launching a fall campaign of dialogue, "Threats to Democracy, Dangers of War." Via roundtables, workshops, teach-ins, podcasts and more, we will engage students, faculty, and members of the broader community in discussions about the different forms of authoritarianism, anti-democratic governance, and racial injustice that we currently face, how they were countered in the past, and how we can resist them today. To facilitate and maximize the campaign, we have developed a very impressive list of endorsers and a Speakers' Bureau of historians and public intellectuals, who are available for speaking engagements as part of this campaign.

 

We hope you will take part in it this work.

 

            Here's how you can get involved. First, we hope you join H-PAD. To do so, please sign the new membership form we have designed. And – good news -- it should take under one minute to fill out. Please go to https://www.historiansforpeace.org/join-us/ to sign up. We have also designed a new web page, which you can access at https://www.historiansforpeace.org/. Most of all, we hope you become an active member of the ""Threats to Democracy, Dangers of War" campaign.

            Here are some different ways you can become involved (go to the membership form at https://www.historiansforpeace.org/join-us/ to tell how you want to participate):

·      a Teach-In with faculty/student/community participants addressing the range of issues

·      a Roundtable addressing basic civil liberties and rights, with ACLU, law professors etc.

·      hosting a live Streaming of citywide Teach-In with leading scholars and activists

·      hosting a lecture by a historian or activist intellectual from our Speaker's Bureau on one of the major issues connected to rights, repression, or militarism in U.S. history

·      I'm in a major metropolitan area and want to help organize a citywide Teach-In:  put me in touch with other H-PAD members

 

            We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions, please contact Margaret Power (power@iit.edu) or Van Gosse (mailto:vgosse@fandm.edu)

 

             

Van Gosse and Margaret Power

--

Margaret Power
Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Humanities
Illinois Institute of Technology
3301 S. Dearborn St.
Room 218 Siegel Hall
Chicago, IL 60616
312-567-6921

[haw-info] HAW Notes 5/29/17: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Killing Bill O'Reilly:The Disgraced Broadcaster's Distortions of History"

By Matthew Stevenson, Harpers, July issue

A dissection of the right-wing commentator's new book on World War II in the Pacific. The author note that O'Reilly is currently the nation's most widely read historian.

 

"A Presumption of Guilt"

By Bryan Stevenson, Harper's, July issue

A long historical essay on race and the criminal justice system in the U.S.

 

"Tread Carefully: The Folly of the Next Afghan 'Surge'"

By Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch.com, posted June 29, 2017

The author, a U.S. Army strategist who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, formerly taught history at West Point.

 

"The Growing Danger of War with Iran"

By Paul R. Pillar, LobeLog, posted June 28, 2017

The author is a 28year veteran of the U.S. intelligence community, including a time as National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia.

 

"The Trump Doctrine in the Middle East Is to Follow Saudi Arabia's Lead"

By James L. Gelvin, History News Network, posted June 25

The author teaches modern Middle East history at UCLA.

 

"How Hollywood Keeps Getting Afghanistan Wrong"

By Robert W. Thurston, History News Network, posted June 25

The author is a professor emeritus of history at Miami University.

 

"A Small Fiasco Inside a Colossal Fiasco" (on the war in Afghanistan)

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston Globe, posted June 23

The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. 

 

"Behind All of Trump's Boneheaded Policies in the Middle East Is an Unmistakable Urge for Confrontation with Iran"

By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted June 21

 

"Some 'October Surprise' Conspiracies Turn Out to Be True"

By Kai Bird, Los Angeles Times, posted June 20

The author, currently at the CUNY Graduate Center, is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian.

 

"Facing the Human Wreckage of War: An Alternative WWII History Invokes 'Moral Injury' in Context of Pacific War"

By Kelly Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, posted June 19

A review essay on Peter Van Buren's novel on the Pacific War, Hooper's War, with an interview with the author.

Thanks, as usual, to an anonymous reader for suggesting some of the above articles. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

 

[haw-info] HAW Notes 6/16/17: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Iran 1953: State Department Finally Releases Updated Official History of Mossadeq Coup"

Edited by Malcolm Byrne, National Security Archive, posted June 15

 

"The 'Global Order Myth: Teary-Eyed Nostalgia as Cover for U.S. Hegemony"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted June 15.

The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.

 

"The Irrationality of Iran Vilification"

By Danny Sjursen, LobeLog, posted June 12

The author is a U.S. military strategist who formerly taught history at West Point.

 

"National Illusions and Global Realities"

By Lawrence S. Wittner, Huffington Post, posted June 11

The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany.

 

"Does Oliver Stone Have a Weak Spot for Dictators?"

By Peter Kuznick, History News Network, posted June 11

The author teaches history at American University and collaborated with Oliver Stone on the TV series and book The Untold History of the United States. 

 

"U.K.'s Corbyn Told Truth about Terrorism"

By Lawrence Davidson, Consortium News, posted June 10

The author teaches history at West Chester University.

 

"The Six-Day War Was a Turning Point in Passionate Attachment to Israel"

By Jeremy Kuzmarov, Huffington Post, posted June 8

The author teaches history at the University of Tulsa.

 

"America's Real Red Scare: The Slow-Motion Collapse of the American Empire"

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted June 6

The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools.

 

"Will the Neocons' Long War Ever End?"

By Nicolas J. S. Davies, Consortium News, posted June 5

 

"The Israeli-American Hammerlock on Palestine"

By Rashid Khalidi, The Nation, posted June 5

The author teaches history and Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for suggesting some of the above articles. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

[haw-info] HAW Notes 5/30/17: New HAW co-chairs; links to recent articles of interest

A note: The newly constituted HAW Steering Committee has enthusiastically chosen Margaret Power and Van Gosse as the new co-chairs of Historians Against the War. (Marc Becker and I, who have been co-chairs for the past nine years, nominated them.) Van (who teaches at Franklin & Marshall College) was a principal founder of HAW in 2003, and he and Margaret (Illinois Institute of Technology) have both played leading roles in HAW for many years. Jim O'Brien

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Don't Fall for the Washington War Hawks' Iranophobia"

By Danny Sjursen, The Nation, posted May 30

The author is a U.S. Army strategist and formerly taught history at West Point.

 

"We Need Memorial Day to Obscure the Unbearable Truth about War"

By Jon Schwarz, The Intercept, posted May 29

 

"JFK's Russian Conspiracy: Kennedy Had His Own Secret Back Channel with Moscow. It May Have Kept the Superpowers from Going to War"

By Tim Naftali, Slate, posted May 27

 "The Beltway Foreign Policy 'Blob' Strikes Back: A Washington Think Tank Calls for More of the Same Failed Intervention"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, May 26

The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.

 

"We Thought Diplomacy Couldn't End the War in the Pacific. We Dropped the Bomb before We Found Out for Sure"

By Peter Van Buren, History News Network, posted May 21

 

"A Murderous History of Korea"

By Bruce Cumings, London Review of Books, May 18 issue

The author teaches East Asian history at the University of Chicago.

 

"The Hazards of Military Worship: Everyone Loves the Troops and Their Generals, But History Indicates That Military Advice Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be"

By Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch.com, posted May 11, 2017

The author is a U.S. Army strategist and formerly taught history at West Point.

 

"Behold: The Jirad of Freedom"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Commonweal, posted May 10

Review essay on the book America's Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State by Osama F. Khalil

 

"Memory Loss in the Garden of Violence: How Americans Remember (and Forget) Their Wars"

By John W. Dower, TomDispatch.com, posted May 4

The author is a professor emeritus of history at MIT.

 

"How Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border Became a Crime"

By Kelly Lytle Hernandez, The Conversation, posted April 30

The author teaches history and African American studies at UCLA.

Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg and an anonymous reader (always the same one - a retired doctor, as it happens) for suggesting articles that are included in the above list.

 

 

[haw-info] Historians Against the War Steering Committee election

Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who voted in the election for members of the HAW Steering Committee. The following candidates were elected:

Marc Becker

Matt Bokovoy

Sandra McGee Deutsch

Carolyn "Rusti" Eisenberg

Barbara Epstein

John J. Fitzgerald

Jerise (Jeri) Fogel

Van Gosse

Martin Halpern

Tom Harbison

Jeremy Kuzmarov

Staughton Lynd

Jim O'Brien

Roger Peace

Margaret Power

Ellen Schrecker

Andor Skotnes

James Swarts

Barbara Weibnstein

Max Weiss

Kevin Young


Thanks for your participation!

Historians Against the War
http://www.historiansagainstwar.org

[haw-info] Final reminder of HAW Steering Committee election - today is the last day

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

If you haven't yet who haven't yet voted in the election for members of the HAW Steering Committee,

today, May 2, is the last day.

Information on the candidates is at http://historiansagainstwar.org/2017, and the ballot is below. Please mark 

an "x" next to the names of up to 20 persons. Use "Reply" to send your ballot.

Thanks for your participation!

Historians Against the War
http://www.historiansagainstwar.org

Marc Becker _____

Mark E. Blum _____

Matthew F. Bokovoy _____

Sandra McGee Deutsch _____

Carolyn "Rusti" Eisenberg _____

Barbara Epstein _____

John J. Fitzgerald _____

Jerise (Jeri) Fogel _____

Van Gosse _____

Martin Halpern _____

Tom Harbison _____

Jeremy Kuzmarov _____

Patrick Lagendijk _____

Staughton Lynd _____

Jim O'Brien _____

Roger Peace _____

Margaret Power _____

Ellen Schrecker _____

Andor Skotnes _____

James L. Swarts, _____

Barbara Weinstein _____

Max Weiss _____

Kevin Young _____

[haw-info] HAW Notes 4/28/17: Lynds' new book; Steering Committee election; links to recent articles of interest

 

Note #1: Staughton and Alice Lynd have drawn on decades of experience in a new book entitled Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars. A flyer describing the book is posted on the HAW website.

 

Note#2: Tuesday, May 2 is the deadline for voting in the election for members of the HAW Steering Committee. Information about the candidates can be found here. Everyone receiving this message will have received an email ballot; if you want to vote and can't find your ballot, write to proxy@historiansagainstwar.org..

 

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

 

"Making Sense of the Deportation Debate: How Bill Clinton and Barack Obama Laid the Groundwork forTrump's Immigration Policies"

By Aviva Chomsky, TomDispatch.com, posted April 25, 2017

The author teaches history at Salem State University in Massachusetts.

 

"Why Is There So Little Popular Protest Against Today's Threats of Nuclear War?"

By Lawrence S. Wittner, LA Progressive, posted April 21

The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany.

 

"How to Lose the Next War in the Middle East.The Short Answer: Fight It"

By Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch.com, posted April 18

The author is a U.S. Army strategist and former history instructor at West Point.

 

"There's No Strategy Behind Trump's Wars – Only Brute Force"

By Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted April 18

The author is a Middle East specialist who directs the New Internationalism project of the Institute for Policy Studies.

 

"China and NorthKorea: The Strength of Weakness and the Limits of Power"

By Kenneth Pomeranz, History News Network, posted April 18

The author teaches history at the University of Chicago.

 

"What Does an 'America First' Foreign Policy Actually Mean? Putting the U.S. Military First,Second, and Third"

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted April 13

The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools.

 

"BDS OpponentsThreaten Academic Associations with 'Ultra Vires' Lawsuits, but Fail in FirstBig Attempt"

By David Palumbo-Liu, Truthout.org, posted April 12

The author teaches comparative literature at Stanford University.

"Russia's Not Leaving: Syria Is about Old-Fashioned Sphere of Influence, Not Oil"

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted April 11

The author teaches history at the University of Michigan.

 

"The Long Road toTrump's War"

By Samuel Moyn and Stephen Wertheim, New York Times, posted April 10

Samuel Moyn teaches history and law at Harvard University and Stephen Wertheim is a fellow in history at King's College, Cambridge University.

 

"Trump's Not the New Hitler . . . He's the New Kaiser Bill"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The Spectator, posted April 8

The author is an emeritus professor of history and international relations at Boston University.

Thanks to Margaret Power and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles included above. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

 

[haw-info] REMINDER: HAW-SC elections

If you have not already done so, please vote in the election for members of the HAW Steering Committee. Statements by the candidates are available at http://historiansagainstwar.org/2017/. The ballot is below. Please mark an "x" next to the names of up to 20 candidates and send your ballot by replying to proxy@historiansagainstwar.org by Tuesday, May 2.

The voting is limited to people who are on the HAW email list. Please do not forward this message.

Thanks for your participation!

Historians Against the War
http://www.historiansagainstwar.org


Marc Becker _____

Mark E. Blum _____

Matthew F. Bokovoy _____

Sandra McGee Deutsch _____

Carolyn "Rusti" Eisenberg _____

Barbara Epstein _____

John J. Fitzgerald _____

Jerise (Jeri) Fogel _____

Van Gosse _____

Martin Halpern _____

Tom Harbison _____

Jeremy Kuzmarov _____

Patrick Lagendijk _____

Staughton Lynd _____

Jim O'Brien _____

Roger Peace _____

Margaret Power _____

Ellen Schrecker _____

Andor Skotnes _____

James L. Swarts, _____

Barbara Weinstein _____

Max Weiss _____

Kevin Young _____

[haw-info] Historians Against the War Steering Committee Elections

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

We are conducting an election for members of the HAW Steering Committee. Statements by the candidates are available at http://historiansagainstwar.org/2017/. The ballot is below. Please mark an "x" next to the names of up to 20 candidates and send your ballot by replying to proxy@historiansagainstwar.org by Tuesday, May 2.

The voting is limited to people who are on the HAW email list. Please do not forward this message.

Thanks for your participation!

Historians Against the War
http://www.historiansagainstwar.org


Marc Becker _____

Mark E. Blum _____

Matthew F. Bokovoy _____

Sandra McGee Deutsch _____

Carolyn "Rusti" Eisenberg _____

Barbara Epstein _____

John J. Fitzgerald _____

Jerise (Jeri) Fogel _____

Van Gosse _____

Martin Halpern _____

Tom Harbison _____

Jeremy Kuzmarov _____

Patrick Lagendijk _____

Staughton Lynd _____

Jim O'Brien _____

Roger Peace _____

Margaret Power _____

Ellen Schrecker _____

Andor Skotnes _____

James L. Swarts, _____

Barbara Weinstein _____

Max Weiss _____

Kevin Young _____

[haw-info] HAW Notes 4/6/17: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Trump, Syria, and Chemical Weapons: What We Know, What We Don't, and the Dangers Ahead"

By Phyllis Bennis, CommonDreams.org, posted April 6, 2017

The author directs the New Internationalism Project of the Institute for Policy Studies.

"Trump Is Right,America Isn't 'So Innocent.' Here's How We Can Right That Wrong in Syria"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, posted April 6

The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.

 

"Should America Have Entered World War I?"

By Michael Kazin, New York Times, posted April 6, 2017

The author teaches history at Georgetown University.

 

"The Fiction of U.S.Isolationism"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted April 7

 

"Three Times When We Blundered into War"

By David R. Contosta, History News Network, posted April 2

On the Philippines, Vietnam, and Iraq, with implications for policy toward North Korea. The author teaches history at Chestnut Hill College.

 

"100 Years after the US Got Involved in World War 1 It's Time to Acknowledge Why"

By Robert E. Hannigan, History News Network, posted April 2

The author teaches history at Suffolk University and is author of the just-published book The Great War and American Foreign Policy 1914-24 (University of Pennsylvania Press).

 

"The Bloodstained Rise of Global Populism: A Political Movement's Violent Pursuit of 'Enemies'"

By Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted April 2, 2017

The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

 

"Ready for War with Iran?"

By William J. Astore, Bracing Views blog, posted March 31

The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools.

 

"Trump Said He'd Stop Dragging Us into War. That's Yet Another Fat Lie"

By Medea Benjamin, The Guardian, posted March 30

The author is a cofounder of both Global Exchange and CODEPINK.

 

Thanks to Carolyn Eisenberg, Fran Shor, and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

[haw-info] HAW Notes 3/31/17: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"The Odds AgainstAntiwar Warriors"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted March 30

Review essay on Michael Kazin's new book War Against War, on the World War I–era peace movement. Andrew Bacevich is an emeritus professor of history and international relations at Boston University.

 

"Letter from PhnomPenh"

By Matthew Stevenson, CounterPunch.org, posted March 29, 2017

A long, very readable travelogue with historical reflections on the Indochina wars

 

"Trump in the Middle East:The New Brutality"

By Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books blog, posted March 27

 

"An American Centuryof Carnage: Measuring Violence in a Single Superpower World"

By John W. Dower, TomDispatch.com, posted March 28, 2017

This is an adaptation of the first chapter of the author's forthcoming book, The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War Two.

 

"Obama's Worst Foreign Policy Decision, Two Years Later"

By Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations blog, posted March 27

The author is a senior fellow at the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. The subject is the bombing campaign in Yemen.

 

"Kony 2012: AnotherHumanitarian Intervention Bust"

By Jeremy Kuzmarov, Huffington Post, posted March 26

The author teaches history at the University of Tulsa.

 

"This Is What'sReally Behind North Korea's Nuclear Provocations"

By Bruce Cumings, The Nation, posted March 23

The author teaches East Asian history at the University of Chicago.

 

"Labor and theLegacies of World War I"

By Elizabeth McKillen, Labor and Working Class History Association blog, posted March 20

The author teaches history at the University of Maine.

 

"President Blowback:How the Invasion of Iraq Came Home"

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted March 16

 

"Did the Muslim WorldReally Fall for Hitler?"

By John Broich, Slate, posted March 13

The author teaches history at Case Western Reserve University.

Thanks to Mim Jackson and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles that are included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

[haw-info] Message about elections, new members, and the Steering Committee

March 20, 2017

Dear Friends,

Historians against the War (HAW) is soliciting additional members for
its Steering Committee. We believe that the dangerous policies of the
new Trump administration require a strengthening of organizations such
as ours that work for a peaceful world and against repression and
intolerance. We want people who are willing to contribute time and
energy to determining our upcoming plans and are willing to help see
them come to fruition.

If you would like to nominate yourself for the Steering Committee
elections, don't be shy! Please send Margaret Power (power@iit.edu)
and Van Gosse (van.gosse@fandm.edu) your name and affiliation, a few
lines about why you would like to be on the Steering Committee, and
what areas or aspects of the work you are potentially willing to join
or develop. If more than 20 people step forward, as has happened
several times in the past, an election will be held. Everyone has
different strengths and abilities, so consider using yours to help HAW
organize historians.

Margaret Power and Van Gosse

Our February 2017 updated Mission Statement is below.

Historians Against the War was formed in January 2003 to oppose the
Bush Administration's drive for a pre-emptive, illegal invasion of
Iraq. We participated actively in the antiwar movement of the Bush
years, and we have continued to campaign for peace and diplomacy
internationally, while extending our support for Palestinian human
rights. Now, with the ascent of an extreme rightwing administration
contemptuous of constitutional norms, we will add to our mission
fighting for free speech and academic freedom for all members of
campus communities, and for the human rights of our students,
especially the undocumented, Muslims, people of color, women and LGBTQ
people. We will challenge the "fake news" and "alternative facts" that
have driven the right's ascent, and defend the discipline of history
against attempts to reduce it to affirmations of "American greatness,"
documenting how prior eras of reaction were successfully combatted.
Finally, we recognize that the Trump/Pence Administration is a threat
not only to the people of the United States, but to the people of the
world, and we will continue to stand against a new nuclear arms race,
more imperial interventions, and collaboration with authoritarian
regimes.

--
Margaret Power
Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Humanities
Department of Humanities
Illinois Institute of Technology
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[haw-info] HAW Notes 3/9/17: Proposals deadline; Links to recent articles of interest

Note: March 20 is the deadline for submitting proposals for the conference on "Remembering Muted Voices: Conscience, Dissent, Resistance, and Civil Liberties in World War I through Today," October 19-22 at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. Click here for details on the conference and the call for proposals. 

 

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

 

"The Surge Delusion: An Iraq War Anniversary to Forget"

By Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch.com, posted March 9, 2017

The author is a U.S. Army strategist and former history instructor at West Point.

 

"How Anti – Vietnam War Activists Stopped Violent Protest from Hijacking Their Movement"

By Robert Levering, NationOfChange.org, posted March 8

The author was a full-time peace activist from 1967 to 1973 with the New Mobilization Committee and other coalitions.

 

"Why Trump Executive Order Is Still a Racist Muslim Ban"

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted March 7, 2017

The author teaches history at the University of Michigan.

 

"American Carnage: Fighting the Forever War"

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch.com, posted March 7

The author teaches philosophy at the University of San Francisco and is the author of American Nuremberg, on war crimes during the "war on terror."

 

"Trump and the SixTrillion Dollar Question: Republicans and Democrats Both Refuse to Investigatethe Staggering Resources Wasted in the Middle East"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted March 2

The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.

 

"Losing a War One Bad Metaphor at a Time: Thrashing About in the Afghan Petri Dish"

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted February 28

The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools.

 

"French Historian Says He Was Threatened with Deportation at Houston Airport"

By Erin McCann, History News Network (from the New York Times), posted February 26

On the scary experience of Holocaust scholar Henry Rousso

 

"America's Mass Deportation System Is Rooted in Racism"

By Kelly Lytle Hernandez, The Conversation, posted February 26

The author teaches history and African-American Studies at UCLA.

 

Suggestions for these lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com. Thanks to an anonymous reader (always the same one) for suggesting some of the above articles.