[haw-info] HAW Notes 4/28/17: Lynds' new book; Steering Committee election; links to recent articles of interest

 

Note #1: Staughton and Alice Lynd have drawn on decades of experience in a new book entitled Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars. A flyer describing the book is posted on the HAW website.

 

Note#2: Tuesday, May 2 is the deadline for voting in the election for members of the HAW Steering Committee. Information about the candidates can be found here. Everyone receiving this message will have received an email ballot; if you want to vote and can't find your ballot, write to proxy@historiansagainstwar.org..

 

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

 

"Making Sense of the Deportation Debate: How Bill Clinton and Barack Obama Laid the Groundwork forTrump's Immigration Policies"

By Aviva Chomsky, TomDispatch.com, posted April 25, 2017

The author teaches history at Salem State University in Massachusetts.

 

"Why Is There So Little Popular Protest Against Today's Threats of Nuclear War?"

By Lawrence S. Wittner, LA Progressive, posted April 21

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

 

"How to Lose the Next War in the Middle East.The Short Answer: Fight It"

By Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch.com, posted April 18

The author is a U.S. Army strategist and former history instructor at West Point.

 

"There's No Strategy Behind Trump's Wars – Only Brute Force"

By Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted April 18

The author is a Middle East specialist who directs the New Internationalism project of the Institute for Policy Studies.

 

"China and NorthKorea: The Strength of Weakness and the Limits of Power"

By Kenneth Pomeranz, History News Network, posted April 18

The author teaches history at the University of Chicago.

 

"What Does an 'America First' Foreign Policy Actually Mean? Putting the U.S. Military First,Second, and Third"

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted April 13

The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools.

 

"BDS OpponentsThreaten Academic Associations with 'Ultra Vires' Lawsuits, but Fail in FirstBig Attempt"

By David Palumbo-Liu, Truthout.org, posted April 12

The author teaches comparative literature at Stanford University.

"Russia's Not Leaving: Syria Is about Old-Fashioned Sphere of Influence, Not Oil"

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted April 11

The author teaches history at the University of Michigan.

 

"The Long Road toTrump's War"

By Samuel Moyn and Stephen Wertheim, New York Times, posted April 10

Samuel Moyn teaches history and law at Harvard University and Stephen Wertheim is a fellow in history at King's College, Cambridge University.

 

"Trump's Not the New Hitler . . . He's the New Kaiser Bill"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The Spectator, posted April 8

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

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

 

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[haw-info] Historians Against the War Steering Committee Elections

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

We are conducting an election for members of the HAW Steering Committee. Statements by the candidates are available at http://historiansagainstwar.org/2017/. The ballot is below. Please mark an "x" next to the names of up to 20 candidates and send your ballot by replying to proxy@historiansagainstwar.org by Tuesday, May 2.

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Marc Becker _____

Mark E. Blum _____

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Barbara Epstein _____

John J. Fitzgerald _____

Jerise (Jeri) Fogel _____

Van Gosse _____

Martin Halpern _____

Tom Harbison _____

Jeremy Kuzmarov _____

Patrick Lagendijk _____

Staughton Lynd _____

Jim O'Brien _____

Roger Peace _____

Margaret Power _____

Ellen Schrecker _____

Andor Skotnes _____

James L. Swarts, _____

Barbara Weinstein _____

Max Weiss _____

Kevin Young _____

[haw-info] HAW Notes 4/6/17: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Trump, Syria, and Chemical Weapons: What We Know, What We Don't, and the Dangers Ahead"

By Phyllis Bennis, CommonDreams.org, posted April 6, 2017

The author directs the New Internationalism Project of the Institute for Policy Studies.

"Trump Is Right,America Isn't 'So Innocent.' Here's How We Can Right That Wrong in Syria"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, posted April 6

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

 

"Should America Have Entered World War I?"

By Michael Kazin, New York Times, posted April 6, 2017

The author teaches history at Georgetown University.

 

"The Fiction of U.S.Isolationism"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted April 7

 

"Three Times When We Blundered into War"

By David R. Contosta, History News Network, posted April 2

On the Philippines, Vietnam, and Iraq, with implications for policy toward North Korea. The author teaches history at Chestnut Hill College.

 

"100 Years after the US Got Involved in World War 1 It's Time to Acknowledge Why"

By Robert E. Hannigan, History News Network, posted April 2

The author teaches history at Suffolk University and is author of the just-published book The Great War and American Foreign Policy 1914-24 (University of Pennsylvania Press).

 

"The Bloodstained Rise of Global Populism: A Political Movement's Violent Pursuit of 'Enemies'"

By Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted April 2, 2017

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

 

"Ready for War with Iran?"

By William J. Astore, Bracing Views blog, posted March 31

The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools.

 

"Trump Said He'd Stop Dragging Us into War. That's Yet Another Fat Lie"

By Medea Benjamin, The Guardian, posted March 30

The author is a cofounder of both Global Exchange and CODEPINK.

 

Thanks to Carolyn Eisenberg, Fran Shor, and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.