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Appy may refer to: * Christian Appy (born 1955), professor of history * Appy, Ariège, a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France * Appy Awards, for popular applications for mobile devices * Appy Entertainment, American videogames company * Appy Fizz, Indian soft drink See also * AppyParking, British parking technology company {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Appy
Christian Gerard Appy (born April 5, 1955) is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is widely known as a leading expert on the Vietnam War experience. The most recent of his three books on the subject is ''American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity''. It explores the war's impact on American politics, culture, and foreign policy from the 1950s to the Obama presidency. Biography Appy was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1955. In 1964, his family moved to Westport, Connecticut, where he attended public school and graduated from Staples High School in 1973. At Amherst College, class of 1977, he majored in American Studies and wrote a prize-winning honors thesis on Appalachian coal miners. He received his Ph.D in the History of American Civilization at Harvard University in 1987. His dissertation received the Ralph Henry Gabriel dissertation prize from the American Studies Association. It went on to become his first book, ''Working Class W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |