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

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"It Is Important to Have Perspective on Elie Wiesel's Legacy"

By Max Blumenthal, AlterNet.org, posted June 5

"The New McCarthyism"

By Ellen Schrecker, Chronicle of Higher Education, posted June 30

The author is a professor of history emerita at Yeshiva University.

"The Roots of Hillary's Infatuation with War"

By David  Bromwich, The National Interest, posted June 29

"Free Puerto Rico"

By Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe, posted June 23

"We Buried the Disgraceful Truth"

By Steve Coll, New York Review of Books, June 23 issue

On the experience of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

"Lessons We Failed to Learn from the Origins of the Second Indochinese War"

By Ron Briley, History News Network, posted June 14

Review essay on three books by William J. Rust on US policy in Laos and Cambodia in the 1950s and early '60s

"Why Trump Now? It's the Empire, Stupid"

By Greg Grandin, The Nation, posted June 9

The author teaches history at New York University.

"Bob Kerrey's Return to Vietnam: Like Drowning Cats"

By Rich Gibson, CounterPunch.com, posted June 6

The author teaches history at Southwest College in San Diego.

"Bombing Hiroshima Changed the World, But It Didn't End World War II"

By Oliver Stone and Peter Kushnick, Los Angeles Times, posted May 26

Peter Kushnick teaches history at American University.

Thanks to Margaret Power and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles that are included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.