[haw-info] HAW Notes 4/14/11: Links to recent articles of interest

Suggestions for these more-or-less biweekly lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  Thanks to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Mim Jackson, Sam Lowe, Stuart Schaar, and Rusti Eisenberg for suggesting articles that are included in the following list.


"Not Why But How: To the Shores of (and the Skies above) Tripoli"
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175378
By Andrew J. Bacevich, Tom Dispatch.com, posted April 12
The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

"The Success of Revolutions That Do Not Succeed"
http://counterpunch.org/prashad04082011.html
By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted April 8
The author teaches history at Trinity College

"Morocco: Can Dinosaurs Become Butterflies?"
http://www.indypendent.org/2011/04/05/can-dinosaurs-become-butterflies
By Stuart Schaar, The Indypendent, posted April 6
The author is a professor emeritus of Middle East and North African history at Brooklyn College

"The Censored War and You"
http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2011/04/04/the-censored-war-and-you
By Kelley B. Vlahos, antiwar.com, posted April 5
Compares coverage of the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars

"100 Years of Bombing Libya: The Forgotten Fascist Roots of Humanitarian Interventionism"
http://www.counterpunch.org/almond04052011.html
By Mark Almond, CounterPunch.org, posted April 5

"Japan, Europe and the Dangerous Fantasy of American Leadership"
http://japanfocus.org/-Karel_van-Wolferen/3507
By Karel van Wolferen, Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, posted April 4

"Last Act in the Middle East"
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/04/03/last-act-in-the-mideast.html
By Andrew J. Bacevich, Newsweek, posted April 3

"A Matter of Empire"
http://counterpunch.org/mayer04012011.html
By Arno J. Mayer, CounterPunch, posted April 1
The author is an emeritus professor of history at Princeton University

"Response to Juan Cole on Libya"
http://www.ips-dc.org/articles/response_to_juan_cole_on_libya
By Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, posted April 1

"The Dangerous US Game in Yemen"
http://thenation.com/article/159578/dangerous-us-game-yemen
By Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, posted March 30
Has much historical background