H-PAD Notes 7/29/19: Links to recent articles of interest

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“How America’s Wars End (Messily): And the Afghan War Will be No Exception”
By Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch.com, posted July 28
The author is a retired U.S. Army major who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is a former history instructor at West Point.
“White Nationalists and the Legacy of the Waffen-SS from Postwar Europe to Today”
By Adrian Gilbert, History News Network, posted July 28
The author is a military historian who wrote the book Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Army at War, published in June by Da Capo Press.
“Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates: How About Raising the Issue of How to Avert Nuclear War?”
By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted July 28
The author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany. 
“The Diplomacy of Deference: Trump’s Actions Are Limited to What Saudi and Israeli Leaders Are Willing to Tolerate”
By Andrew J. Bacevich, Spectator U.S.A., posted July 25
The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.
“On the Civil Struggle of Academics in Turkey: The Peace Petition Signers”
By Iris Agmon, Informed Comment blog, posted July 24
This links to a lengthy, detailed report by the author on the ongoing ordeal of hundreds of Turkish academics who signed a petition in 2016 calling for a negotiated end to the government’s war against the Kurdish minority.
“Ellis Island’s History Casts Today’s Border Cruelty in an Even Harsher Light”
By Megan J. Wolff, CNN.com, posted July 22
The author is a historian and administrator at the Dewitt Wallace Institute for the History of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. 
 
“Treating Immigrants Like Criminals Has a Long History in the United States”
By Melina Juarez Perez, Washington Post, posted July 21
The author teaches at Western Washington University, specializing in immigration and Latinx politics.
“The Long, Ugly History of Insisting Minority Groups Can’t Criticize America”
By Tyler Anbinder, Washington Post, posted July 19
The author teaches history at George Washington University.
 
“The New Fugitive Slave Laws”
By Manisha Sinha, NYR [New York Review of Books] Daily, posted July 17
The author teaches history at the University of Connecticut and her books include The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition (2016).
“Chicago’s Resistance to ICE Raids Recalls Northern States’ Response to the Fugitive Slave Act”
By Kate Masur, Chicago Tribune, posted July 15
The author teaches history at Northwestern University.
Thanks to an anonymous reader for suggesting some of the articles in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.