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Aaron Wanner (born 1958) is an American academic, author, and speaker. He is a professor of English and American Studies at the University of Iowa, where he has taught since 1990. Wanner is the author of several books, including:

* Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Voices of Modern Haiti (1995)

* Inconsolable America: National Memory, Historical Films, and the Vietnam War (2004)

* The Wars of America (2006)

* American Apocalypse: Six Visions of the End from Five Hundred Years Ago to Now (2008)

* God, Race, and Identity: The Case of Charles Chesnutt (2019)

Wanner has also edited or co-edited several books, including:

* New Essays on Crisis: Contemporary Critical Theory and the Question of Marxism (1990)

* Post-Nietzsche: Philosophy and the Political (1993)

* The Apocalypse in American Culture (2006)

* The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War (2014)

* The Routledge History of the Vietnam War: An International Perspective (2017)

In addition to his academic work, Wanner has also written for popular publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including NPR's "Fresh Air" and PBS's "NewsHour."

Wanner is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and the American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Modern Language Association of America.

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