[haw-info] HAW Notes 12/10/14, including links to recent articles of interest

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

Here are a couple of notes, followed by our occasional listing of recent articles of interest.

1. The Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee is continuing to accumulate signatures on its open letter to the head of the Pentagon's official Vietnam War commission. The letter, along with a form for signing and an alphabetized list of the 1,000-plus signers so far, is available here.

2. The Peace Studies Journal is soliciting papers for an issue on "Confronting the Environmental Impacts of War"; information is available from Joel Helfrich at helf0010@umn.edu.

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers: Celebrating War Over and Over and Peace Once"

By Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch.com, posted December 9

"Lessons of the Foreign Policy Disasters of the Last Twenty Years"

By William R. Polk, History News Network, posted December 7

The author is a former State Department official who has written widely on the recent history of the Middle East.

"COIN Is a Proven Failure"

By Daniel L. Davis, The American Conservative, posted December 1.

The author is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pentagon Newspeak"

By Stanley Kutler, History News Network, posted November 26

The author is a professor of history emeritus at the University of Wisconsin; the article concerns the Pentagon's depiction of the history of the Vietnam War.

"A Brief History of Jerusalem: 'Eternal, Undivided Jewish Capital'?"

By Gary Leupp, CounterPunch.org, posted November 26

The author teaches history at Tufts University.

"The CIA's Student Activism Phase"

By Tom Hayden, The Nation, posted November 26

On the CIA and the National Student Association

"Russians Invade Afghanistan (Again!), Chinese Fight Iraq War (Again!): What If It Weren't Us?"

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted November 25

"Malarkey on the Potomac: Five Bedrock Washington Assumptions That Are Hot Air"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Tom Dispatch.com, posted November 23

The author, retired from teaching history at Boston University, is a fellow at Columbia University's School of Public and International Affairs.

"The Entry Ticket in Iraq"

By William R. Polk, History News Network, posted November 23

Makes comparison between the Vietnam and Iraq wars

"Why Iraqis May See ISIL as Lesser Evil Compared to U.S.-Backed Death Squads"

By Nicolas J. S. Davies, AlterNet.org, posted November 20

The above list was edited by Steve Gosch and Jim O'Brien with thanks to Rosalyn Baxandall and Mim Jackson for suggesing articles that are included. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.