H-PAD Notes 11/30/18: Links to recent articles and reports of interest

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“The DNA Industry and the Disappearing Indian: DNA, Race, and Native Rights”
By Aviva Chomsky, TomDispatch.com, posted November 29
The author teaches history at Salem State University.
“Our Man in Riyadh: Abizaid of Arabia”
By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted November 27
The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. This article also appears in The Nation under the title “Has the U.S. Been Fighting the Wrong War in the Middle East.”
“Loaded Phrases: The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream”
By Kevin M. Kruse, The Nation, posted November 21
The author teaches history at Princeton University. This is a review essay on Sarah Churchwell’s book Behold America: The Entangled History of “America First and the “American Dream.”
“Shattering Europe? Why Trump’s Paris Fiasco Really Matters”
By Rajan Menon, TomDispatch.com, posted November 18
The author teaches international relations at the Powell School, City College of New York.
“Myths of Maoism”
By Edward Friedman, Dissent, posted November 16
Critical essay on a history of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars.
“The Reclamation of George W. Bush Is an American Tragedy”
By Danny Sjursen, TruthDig.com, posted November 14
The author is a current US Army officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former history instructor at West Point.
“The Improbable Militarist: Jimmy Carter, the Evolution in Military Affairs and Limits of the American Two-Party System”
By Jeremy Kuzmarov, Class, Race and Corporate Power, posted mid-November
The author teaches history at Tulsa Community College.
“United States Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars Through FY2019 : $5.9 Trillion Spent and Obligated”
By Neta C. Crawford, Watson Institute, Brown University, posted November 14
The author is chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston  University and co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University.
“What Happened When a Nation Erased Birthright Citizenship”
By Jonathan M. Katz, The Atlantic, posted November 12
“The Dominican Republic deported an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 pweople of Haitian descent. Those behind live in a state of institutionalized terror.” The author is a former AP correspondent in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
“The Strategies of the Coalition in the Yemen War: Aerial Bombardment and Food War”
By Martha MundyWorld Peace Foundation, posted October 9
The author is an emeritus professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics; the World Peace Foundation is affiliated with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. This is an exhaustive, important report that was mistakenly omitted from an earlier version of this list.
Thanks to Teresa Mead, Steve Gosch, and Roger Peace for suggesting articles that are included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.