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Guenter Lewy (left) with Oliver Schmidt in 2016 Guenter Lewy (born 22 August 1923) is a German-born American author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . His works span several topics, but he is most often associated with his 1978 book on the Vietnam War , America in Vietnam , and several controversial works that deal with the applicability of the term genocide to various historical events, where Lewy denies both the Romani genocide and the Armenian genocide . In 1939 he migrated from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine .1 After World War II , he migrated to the United States to reunite with his parents. Lewy earned a BA at City College in New York City and a MA and PhD at Columbia University . He has been on the faculties of Columbia University, Smith College , and the University of Massachusetts Amherst . He currently lives in Washington, D.C. , and was a frequent contributor to Commentary .
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Guenter Lewy (born 1923, Germany ) is an author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts . His works span several topics, but he is most often associated with his 1978 book on the Vietnam War , America in Vietnam , and several controversial works that deal with the applicability of the term genocide to various historical events. In 1939, he immigrated to Palestine and then to the United States . He has been on the faculties of Columbia University , Smith College , and the University of Massachusetts . He currently lives in Washington, D.C. and is a frequent contributor to Commentary .
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Lewy (born August 22, 1923) is an American author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . His works span several topics, but he is most often associated with his 1978 book on the Vietnam War , America in Vietnam , and several controversial works that deal with the applicability of the term genocide to various historical events. In 1939 he immigrated to Palestine and then to the United States . He has been on the faculties of Columbia University , Smith College , and the University of Massachusetts Amherst . He currently lives in Washington, D.C. and is a frequent contributor to Commentary .
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Guenter Lewy (born August 22, 1923) is a German-born American author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . His works span several topics, but he is most often associated with his 1978 book on the Vietnam War , America in Vietnam , and several controversial works that deal with the applicability of the term genocide to various historical events. In 1939 he migrated from Germany to Mandatory Palestine .After World War II, he migrated to the United States to reunite with his parents.Lewy earned a BA at City College in New York City and a MA and PhD at Columbia University . He has been on the faculties of Columbia University, Smith College , and the University of Massachusetts Amherst . He currently lives in Washington, D.C. , and was a frequent contributor to Commentary .
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American historian Guenter Lewy (left) with Oliver Schmidt in 2016 Guenter Lewy (born 22 August 1923) is a German-born American author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . His works span several topics, but he is most often associated with his 1978 book on the Vietnam War , America in Vietnam , and several controversial works that deal with the applicability of the term genocide to various historical events, where Lewy denies both the Romani genocide and the Armenian genocide . In 1939 he migrated from Germany to Palestine . After World War II , he migrated to the United States to reunite with his parents. Lewy earned a BA at City College in New York City and a MA and PhD at Columbia University . He has been on the faculties of Columbia University, Smith College , and the University of Massachusetts Amherst . He currently lives in Washington, D.C. , and was a frequent contributor to Commentary .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus at the university of massachusetts”. Today it says “german-born american author and political scientist who was a professor of political science at the university”. This article was not filed under it. Today it is filed under Deniers of the Armenian genocide; Indigenous genocide denial. Read the current article and compare.
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author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus at the university of massachusetts
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german-born american author and political scientist who was a professor of political science at the university
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