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Arthur John Langguth (July 11, 1933 – September 1, 2014) was an American author, journalist and educator, born in
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. He was professor of the Annenberg School for Communications School of Journalism at the
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. Langguth was the author of several dark, satirical novels, a biography of the English short story master Saki, and lively histories of the
Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the " Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. As part of the Indian removal, members of the Cherokee, ...
, the
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, the
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, Afro-Brazilian religion in Brazil and the United States, the
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
, the political life of
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and U.S. involvement with torture in Latin America. A graduate of
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(AB, 1955), Langguth was South East Asian correspondent and
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bureau chief for ''
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'' during the Vietnam war, using the byline "Jack Langguth". He also wrote and reported for ''Look'' Magazine in Washington, DC and ''The Valley Times'' in Los Angeles, California. Langguth joined the journalism faculty at USC in 1976. He was awarded a
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in 1976,Arthur John Langguth
Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, 1976, at ''gf.org/fellows.'' Accessed 24 July 2012.
and received the Freedom Forum Award, honoring the nation's top journalism educators, in 2001. He retired from active teaching at USC in 2003. Langguth lived in Hollywood.


Published works

*'' After Lincoln: How the North Won the Civil War and Lost the Peace'' Simon & Schuster, 2014 *'' Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War'' Simon & Schuster, 2010 *'' Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence'' Simon & Schuster, 2006 *'' Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975'' (Simon & Schuster, 2000), Touchstone Press (paper), 2002 *'' A Noise of War: Caesar, Pompey, Octavian and the Struggle for Rome'' (Simon & Schuster, 1994) *'' Patriots, The Men Who Started the American Revolution'' (Simon & Schuster, 1988); Touchstone Press (paper), 1989, 2002 *'' Saki, A Life of Hector Hugh Munro'' (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1981);(Hamish Hamilton, London, 1981); (Oxford University Press aper1982.) Figueroa Press (Los Angeles, 2003) aper*'' Hidden Terrors'' (Pantheon Books, New York, 1978); Pantheon (paper), 1979; Portuguese language translation, 1979; Circulo do Livro, Brazilian book club edition, 1983; Russian language edition, Moscow, 1985 *'' Macumba, White and Black Magic in Brazil'' (Harper & Row, 1975) * ''Marskman'' (fiction) (Harper & Row, 1974) *'' Wedlock'' (fiction) (Alfred A. Knopf, 1972); Ballantine Books aper 1973 *'' Jesus Christs'' (fiction) (Harper & Row, 1968); (Victor Gollancz, London, 1968); Ballantine Books aper 1969; Figueroa Press (Los Angeles, 2003) aper


See also

*
History of Uruguay The history of Uruguay comprises different periods: the pre-Columbian time or early history (up to the 16th century), the Colonial Period (1516–1811), the Period of Nation-Building (1811–1830), and the history of Uruguay as an independent co ...
*
History of Brazil (1964-1985) The military dictatorship in Brazil ( pt, ditadura militar) was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, against President João Goulart. The Brazilian dicta ...
* Lincoln Gordon *
Office of Public Safety The Office of Public Safety (OPS) was a U.S. government program within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that provided training, assistance and equipment to the security forces of U.S. allies. The program commenced in ...
(OPS)


References


External links


A.J. Langguth's personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Langguth, A.J. 1933 births 2014 deaths American male writers Writers from Minneapolis Historians of the Vietnam War Harvard College alumni University of Southern California faculty 20th-century American historians