[haw-info] Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Suggestions for inclusion in these more-or-less biweekly lists can be sent
to jimobrien48 at gmail.com.  Working group members are Carolyn (Rusti)
Eisenberg, Maia Ramnath, Matt Bokovoy, Tom Murphy, and Jim O'Brien.  Thanks
also to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and John J. Fitzgerald for suggesting articles
included in this week's list.
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*"Top Ten Reasons East Jerusalem Does Not Belong to Jewish-Israelis"
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http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/top-ten-reasons-east-jerusalem-does-not.html
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By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted March 23
*On the history of Jerusalem from ancient times; the author teaches Middle
East history at the University of Michigan*

*"Texas School Board Whitewashes History"*

*http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/18/czitrom.texas.textbooks/index.html*
By *Daniel Czitrom, *History News Network, posted March 22
*The author teaches history at Mt. Holyoke College

**"Counterfactual: A Curious History of the C.I.A.'s Secret Interrogation
Program"*

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http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/03/29/100329crbo_books_mayer
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By *Jane Mayer, **The New Yorker, *March 29 issue
*Dismantles Marc Theissen's best-selling book *Courting Disaster

*"From the Philippines Conquest to Afghanistan, the U.S. Trains Local Police
in Brutality"*

*http://www.hnn.us/articles/124504.html*
By *Jeremy Kuzmarov, *History News Network, posted March 22 (first published
in *Asia-Pacific Journal*)

*"Twisting History in Texas"*

*http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100405/foner*
By *Eric Foner, **The Nation, *April 5 issue, posted March 18
*The author teaches history at Columbia University

**"The Pentagon Church Militant: The Top Five Questions We Should Ask the
Penatagon"*

http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175219
By *William J. Astore, *TomDispatch.Com, posted March 18
*The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant Colonel, teaches history as the
Pennsylvania College of Technology*

*"Justifying Torture: Yoo Besmirches the Legacy of Jefferson"*
*http://www.counterpunch.org/mcgovern03162010.html* By *Ray McGovern,
*CounterPunch.org,
posted March 16

*"Torture and the Imperial Presidency"*

http://www.truthout.org/torture-and-imperial-presidency57695
By *Cary Fraser, *Truthout.org, posted March 15
*The author teaches history at Pennsylvania State University*

*"The Travails of a Client State: An Okinawan Angle on the 50th Anniversary
of the US-Japan Security Treaty"*
*http://www.fpif.org/partnercontent/the_travails_of_a_client_state* By *Gavan
McCormack, *Foreign Policy in Focus, posted March 12

*"An Open Letter to President Obama: U.S. Foreign Policy and Post-Election
Iran"*

http://www.counterpunch.org/bina03122010.html
By *Cyrus Bina, *Counterpunch.org, posted March 12
*Traces the history of recent decades of US-Iran relations*

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