Christian Appy

Christian Appy is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts and the author of three books about the Vietnam War, including American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity (Viking).

America's Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years later

Will an American president ever offer a formal apology? Will our country ever regret the dropping of “Little Boy” and “Fat Man,” those two bombs that burned hotter than the sun?

By Tom Engelhardt and Christian Appy

/ 6 Aug 2015

Burying Vietnam, launching perpetual war

Perhaps the most damaging legacy of the post-Vietnam era lies in the way Americans have learned to live in a perpetual “wartime” without war being part of daily consciousness.

By Christian Appy

/ 9 Feb 2015

Two tributes to Jonathan Schell (1943- 2014): In memoriam

The purpose of deterrence is to prevent a nuclear war from happening. It depends entirely on producing a psychological impression in the mind of the enemy that you are a very tough guy - so tough you’re ready to commit suicide and drag the enemy down with you.

By Tom Engelhardt and Christian Appy

/ 31 Mar 2014