[haw-info] HAW Notes 9/28/15: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Debacle, Inc.: How Henry Kissinger Helped Create Our 'Proliferated' World"

By Greg Grandin, TomDispatch.com, posted September 27

The author teaches history at New York University; his book Kissinger's Shadow was published this summer.

"The Greatest Threat to Campus Free Speech is Coming from Dianne Feinstein and Her Military-Contractor Husband"

By Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, posted September 25

On proposed rules limiting criticism of Israel at the University of California

"War Is a Force That Gives Us Idiocy"

By David Swanson, Let's Try Democracy blog, posted September 25

On the glamorization of World War Two

"After the Iran Agreement, Will the Nuclear Powers Also Play by the Rules?"

By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted September 20

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

"Journalism's Vietnam Syndrome: Thoughts upon Brian Williams's Return to Work"

By Jerry Lembcke, CounterPunch.org, posted September 17

"Grandmaster of the Great Game: Obama's Geopolitical Strategy for Containing China"

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

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

"Despite 14 Years of the US War on Terror, Terror Attacks Have Skyrocketed since 9/11"

By Paul Gottinger, Reader Supported News, posted September 11

"What Dick Cheney Has Learned from History"

By Peter Beinart, Reader Supported News (from The Atlantic), posted September 10

"Barack Obama, Whatever His Faults, Shouldn't Be Criticized for Showing Empathy toward Iran"

By Walter G. Moss, History News Network, posted September 6

The author is a professor of history emeritus at Eastern Michigan University.

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