[haw-info] HAW Notes 7/6/12: Links to recent articles of interest

Note:  In addition to these article links, which we've been sending more or less biweekly for the past few years, we will soon begin sending a more intensive mailing called Iran War Weekly to our e-mail list, at least for a while this summer.  It is produced by Frank Brodhead, a historian and longtime antiwar activist, and is beginning to achieve wide on-line distribution.

Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Rosalyn Baxandall, and James Swarts for suggesting articles that are included in the following list.  Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.


Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"The Military Solution: The Lessons Washington Can't Draw from the Failure of the Military Option"
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175564
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted July 5

"'American Exceptionalism': A Short History"
http://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/06/18/american_exceptionalism?page=0,1
By Uri Friedman, Foreign Policy, July/August issue
A breezy history, concluding, "If Stalin only knew what he started."

"The Case for a World Republic"
http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/the-case-world-republic
By Tad Daley, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, posted June 25
Reflections on Lawrence Wittner's history of the world nuclear disarmament movement

"Our Drone Planet: Interview with Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse on the Past, Present, and Future of Drones"
http://hnn.us/articles/146912.html
By David A. Walsh, History News Network, posted June 24

"A Cruel and Unusual Record"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/opinion/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html?_r=2&hp
By Jimmy Carter, New York Times, posted June 24

"Amnesty's Shilling for US Wars"
http://original.antiwar.com/colleen-rowley/2012/06/21/amnestys-shilling-for-us-wars
By Colleen Rowley and Ann Wright, antiwar.com, posted June 22
On Amnesty USA and the Obama administration

"Killing by Remote Control: Medea Benjamin's 'Drone Warfare"
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/books-jonah-raskin-medea-benjamin-on.html
By Jonah Raskin, The Rag Blog, posted June 20

"America's First Neocon War"
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/19/birth_of_the_war_hawks
By Jefferson Morley, Salon.com, posted June 19
On the War of 1812

"Oh Say, Maybe We Can't See: Another 4th of July"
http://warisacrime.org/content/oh-say-maybe-we-cant-see-another-4th-july
By David Swanson, War Is a Crime.org, posted June 21

"We Can't Crush Iran: Three New Reports Conclude a U.S. or Israeli Strike on Tehran's Nuclear Sites Would Have Disastrous Results"
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/15/we_cant_crush_iran/singleton
By Jordan Michael Smith, Salon.com, posted June 15