[haw-info] HAW Notes 7/19/13: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Surveillance Blowback: The Making of the U.S. Surveillance State, 1898-2020"

By Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted July 15

The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin

"Demystifying the NSA Surveillance Program"

By John Prados, History News Network, posted July 15

"The Korean War: Forgotten, Unknown, and Unfinished"

By H. Patricia Hynes, TruthOut.org, posted July 12

"The Danger in Egypt Is Real"

By Juan Cole, History News Network, posted July 8

The author teaches history at the University of Michigan

"Still Preparing for Nuclear War"

By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted July 8

The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany

"Snowden Made the Right Call When He Fled the U.S."

By Daniel Ellsberg, Washington Post, posted July 7

"What Have Snowden and Greenwald to Do With Gandhi?"

By Suhankar Bannerjee, CommonDreams.org, posted June 30

"Daniel Ellsberg, the Original Big Leaker: Why a Decades-old Act of Defiance Still Hasn't Been Surpassed"

By Michael Kazin, The New Republic, posted June 26

The author teaches history at Georgetown University

"Obama's Informants"

By Melvin A. Goodman, CounterPunch.org, posted June 25

This article by a former CIA analyst discusses the use of informant networks, historically and in the Bush and Obama administrations

Thanks for Steve Gosch, Rosalyn Baxandall, and Larry Wittner for suggesting articles included in the above list.  Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.