[haw-info] HAW Notes 7/27/16: academic freedom in Turkey; Peace History Society; links to recent articles of interest

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

Here are a couple of notes plus our occasional listing of noteworthy recent history-related articles relevant to US foreign and military policies.

1. The Scholars at Risk network has issued a statement decrying the extraordinary acts of repression against Turkey's higher education sector in the wake of the recent attempted coup. The American Historical Association is among scholarly groups endorsing the statement.

2. The newest issue of the Peace History Society's more or less semiannual newsletter, PHS News, ably edited as usual by Robert Shaffer, is available online.

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"A Grand and Disastrous Deceit"
By Philippe Sands, London Review of Books, July 28 issue
A critical exposition of the findings and self-imposed limits of the Chilcot report on Britain's role in the 2003 Iraq invasion

"Driven Mad by the Horror of War"
By Tony Rennell, Daily Mail, posted July 27
Long, illustrated review essay of The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme by Taylor Downing

"Kill All the Terrorists? TheViolence We Employ to Defend Civilization Feeds the Very Forces That Imperil It"
By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted July 25

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

"Cashing in on a Failed Coup"
By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted July 21
The author teaches history at Trinity College.

"Me Tarzan, You Adam: How I Met the Ghosts of My Own Work in a Local Multiplex"
By Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch.com, posted July 19, 2016
On the new Tarzan movie; the author wrote King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa.

"We Are the Empire: Of USMilitary Interventions, Alien Disaster Movies, and Star Wars"
By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted July 12
The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, teaches history at Pennsylvania College of Technology. 

"Are We in for Another Increasein Military Spending?"
By Lawrence S. Wittner, LA Progressive, posted July 11
The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany.

"The Risks of Coercive NavalDiplomacy"
By Douglas Peifer, History News Network, posted July 10
The author teaches history at the U.S. Air War College.

"The Real Lesson of Iraq:Nothing Was Learned, No Good Was Done"
By Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch.org, posted July 7

"The Chilcot Report: HollowVindication for the War's Critics"
By Glenda Gilmore, History News Network, posted July 6
The author teaches history at Yale University.

Thanks to Mim Jackson and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.

 

 

[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.