Celluloid Wars A Guide to Film and the American Experience of War |
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Author:
| Curley, Stephen Wetta, Frank J. |
Series title: | Research Guides in Military Studies |
ISBN: | 978-0-313-26099-5 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
Publisher: | ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Imprint: | Greenwood |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $126.95 |
Book Description:
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This easy-to-use guide explores the relationships between film images and the experience of war, showing how films influence war-time behavior and how wars influence films. This unique reference combines essays on the aesthetic and historical aspects of war films with classifications and discussions of films about different wars, a filmography arranged alphabetically with annotations, a bibliography of books and articles dealing with war films, a general guide for film study, along...
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This easy-to-use guide explores the relationships between film images and the experience of war, showing how films influence war-time behavior and how wars influence films. This unique reference combines essays on the aesthetic and historical aspects of war films with classifications and discussions of films about different wars, a filmography arranged alphabetically with annotations, a bibliography of books and articles dealing with war films, a general guide for film study, along with separate indices to film titles, filmmakers, and subjects.
This is both a research guide and text for serious scholars of military history and American popular culture, and an attractive reader for history buffs and for a general audience.