An American in Vienna

Interview with Chip Wagar

Topics of conversation:

• Personal experience in Vienna
• Ghastly Consequences of World War One and subsequent wars
• Parallels between World War One and wars after 9/11
• Misconceptions American have about the First World War
• World War Two being a continuation of World War One
   

Chip Wagar grew up in the Adirondacks region of upstate New York in Glens Falls as the oldest of four children. He attended the Austro-American Institute in Vienna during his college years at the George Washington University where he was graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs. At George Washington University and the Austro-American Institute, Chip studied Central and Eastern European politics and history including the Soviet Union. After graduation from college, Chip came to New Orleans to attend Tulane University School of Law from which he was graduated cum laude in 1979. By then, he had developed what proved to be a life-long attachment to the City of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Region where he has lived ever since. Chip Wagar has been a civil litigation trial lawyer for over 30 years and now concentrates his practice in medical malpractice and products liability. He has two adult children, Will and Sarah, who also live in the New Orleans area. An American in Vienna is Chip Wagar’s first novel and contains some autobiographical elements.

An American in Vienna

Chip Wagar
iUniverse (2011)
ISBN 9781450267687
Reviewed by Vicki Landes for ReaderViews (6/11)

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