ONCE AGAIN TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN WASTED ON WAR POLICIES & NOT ON BUILDING STABLE DEMOCRACIES

Once again, HAW (Historians Against War) are putting out a good list of readings [BELOW] on a variety of current topics that all Peace-loving Americans need to ask their government and friends to help deal with. For example, in terms of USA foreign policy and wasted trillions of warchest dollars, the OP-ED below by Andrew Bacevich hits the mark. Moreover, a more academic look at the false paradigm or false choice of "stability vs. democracy" is covered well by Ira Chernus. Read and Pass on the material, please. -- KAS

"What Governor Walker Won't Tell You"

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/what_gov_walker_wont_tell_you_20110220/

By Stanley Kutler, Truthdig.com, posted February 21

The author is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin

"They're Doing It Without Us"

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bacevich-war-20110220,0,1400493.story

By Andrew Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, posted February 20

The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

"Pox Americana: Driving Through the Gates of Hell and Other American Pastimes in the Greater Middle East"

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175351

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted February 7

"The Myth of Stability vs. Democracy in U.S. Foreign Policy"

http://hnn.us/articles/136377.html

By Ira Chernus, History News Network, posted February 7

"Arab Dictatorships under Fire in the New Information Age"

http://epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/15675.pdf

By Stuart Schaar, Economic and Political Weekly, posted February 5

The author is a professor emeritus of Middle East and North African history at Brooklyn College

"Why Egypt 2011 Is Not Iran 1979"

http://www.juancole.com/2011/02/why-egypt-2011-is-not-iran-1979.html

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted February 2

"Popular Uprisings in Egypt's Recent History"

http://hnn.us/articles/136164.html

By Robert Tignor," History News Network, posted January 31

The author is a professor emeritus of history at Princeton University

This list is sent with an apology: as will be clear from the date of the most recent article, the list should have gone out a week ago, but for various reasons it didn't. These still seem like good articles, so I'm sending the list now. Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg and Miriam Jackson for making suggestions of articles to include. Jim O'Brien