Announcements
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Note: The H-PAD sponsored website U.S. Foreign Policy History & Resource Guide has added a lengthy and well-illustrated essay on The Post-Cold War Era, 1989-2001 by Brian D'Haeseleer, Jeremy Kuzmarov, and Roger Peace, covering the Panama invasion of 1989 and the Persian Gulf War of 1991, among other topics.. Links to Recent Articles of Interest…
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The post-Cold War era was a time of missed opportunities. On December 8, 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev presented a challenge to the world community to create a new world order based on cooperation rather than domination. “ The formula for development at another’s expense is becoming outdated,” he told the United Nations General Assembly. …
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Emergency Message: End Sanctions on Iran Now … As countries around the world cope with the peril of COVID- 19, the 80 million people of Iran face additional dangers created by the American sanctions on their country. In the same week that China and the United Kingdom called for an easing of sanctions, on March…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Judgment Day for the National Security State: The Coronavirus and the Real Threats to American Safety and Freedom" By Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted March 26 The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. "The…
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Judith and Lewis Leavitt authored this in The Progressive, reminding us of how pandemics stimulate demonizing along lines of race, ethnicity, and gender. https://progressive.org/op-eds/dont-let-covid-19-unleash-bias-leavitt-200316/
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An AIPAC Loss in Illinois An AIPAC Loss in Illinois
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/gaza-confirms-coronavirus-cases-ongoing-blockade-200322072036366.html
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Gene Genovese and Our Criminally Reckless Wars" By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted March 3 On one of many phases of the late controversial historian's career. "His lessons from Vietnam could teach us a lot about the havoc we've wreaked in the Middle East." The author is…
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Dear friends, Since our founding in 2003, Historians Against the War/Historians for Peace & Democracy has operated as a loose network. Anyone who agreed with our mission was considered a supporter or member. This open-door policy allowed us to reach out and incorporate thousands of people. 2019 was a year of sustained activism by…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "The Conversation about American Torture Is 400 Years Old" By William Fitzhugh Brundage, Aeon, posted February 20 "For 400 years, Americans have argued that their violence is justified while the violence of others constitutes barbarism." The author teaches history at the University of North Carolina and his latest book…