[haw-info] links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

 *This is the eighth in our biweekly series of links to articles of interest
on HAW-related topics. Suggestions for inclusion in these lists are
welcome:  they can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com.  Members of the working
group for this project are Matt Bokovoy, Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg, Jim
O'Brien, Maia Ramnath, and Sarah Shields*

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*“New War Order: How Panama Set the Course for Post-Cold War Foreign Policy*
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http://amconmag.com/article/2010/feb/01/00022/
By *Ted Galen Carpenter,* *American Conservative, *February 1, 2010 issue



*“In War, Winners Can Be Losers”
*http://hnn.us/articles/121496.html
By *Lawrence S. Wittner, *History News Network, posted December 21
  *“Grinding Down the U.S. Army”
*http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175178
By *William Astore, *TomDispatch.com, posted December 15
The author is a retired Air Force colonel who now teaches history at the
Pennsylvania College of Technology



*“With Obama's Strategy, Afghanistan Looks Like Another Vietnam”*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/11/AR2009121102596_pf.html
By *George McGovern,* *Washington Post, *posted December 13


*“Beware Presidents’ Use of History”
*http://www.shafr.org/2009/12/08/beware-presidents-use-of-history
By *John Prados, *Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations,
posted December 8

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*“Afghanistan: Mirage of the Good War”
*http://www.newleftreview.org/?page=article&view=2713
By *Tariq Ali,* New Left Review, March-April 2008
This breaks our rules of only recent articles, but one of us ran across this
article recently and found that it provides valuable background to today’s
events.
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