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: | Jun 1992 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $83.00 |
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.