[haw-info] HAW Notes 11/12/15: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Review of Annie Jacobsen's 'The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top Secret Military Research Agency"

By Jeremy Kuzmarov, History News Network, posted November 11

The author teaches history at the University of Tulsa.

"Kissinger, the Bombardier: How Diplomacy via Air Power Became an All-American Tradition"

By Greg Grandin, TomDispatch.com, posted November 8

The author teaches history at New York University.

"The Indonesian Massacre: What Did the U.S. Know?"

By Margaret Scott, New York Review of Books, posted November 2

"The Servile Fanatic: Niall Ferguson's Grotesque but Compelling New Biography of Henry Kissinger"

By Todd Gitlin, Tablet, posted October 28

"Tourists of Empire: America's Peculiar Brand of Global Imperialism"

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted October 27

The author is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and formerly taught at the U.S. Military Academy.

"The 1983 War Scare Declassified and For Real"

Documents posted by the National Security Archive, October 24

"What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? What Could Possibly Go Wrong (October 2015 Edition)"

By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com, posted October 22

The author served with the U.S.State Department in post-invasion Iraq.

"The Big Bush Question"

By Elizabeth Drew, New York Review of Books, posted October 21

On the George W. Bush administration and its inaction before 9/11

"Yes, the U.S. Can Leave Afghanistan"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, posted October 18

The author is a professor of history and international relations emeritus at Boston University.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for suggesting two of the articles included above. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.