Christian Appy on the Legacy of the Vietnam War: An Interview

by Robin Lindley

In his wide-ranging book "American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity," historian Christian Appy explores the complex history of the war.

UMass professor, Christian Appy looks at the tangled legacy of the Vietnam War in his new book

Appy, a professor of modern U.S. history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, argues in his most recent book, "American Reckoning," that the nation has never fully addressed the implications of the Vietnam War.