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).
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Published in: HomeAmerica's Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years laterWill an American president ever offer a formal apology? Will our country ever regret the dropping of “Little Boy”...
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Published in: openSecurityBurying Vietnam, launching perpetual warPerhaps the most damaging legacy of the post-Vietnam era lies in the way Americans have learned to live in a...
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Published in: HomeTwo 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...