War on the Silver Screen : Shaping America's Perception of History
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| Title: | War on the Silver Screen : Shaping America's Perception of History |
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| Description: | Americans have been almost constantly at war since 1917. In addition to two world wars, the United States has fought proxy wars, propaganda wars, and a''war on terror,''among others. But even with the constant presence of war in American life, much of what Americans remember about those conflicts comes from Hollywood depictions. In War on the Silver Screen Glen Jeansonne and David Luhrssen vividly demonstrate how war movies have burned the images and impressions of those wars onto the American psyche more concretely than has the reality of the wars themselves. That is, our feelings about war. |
| Authors: | Jeansonne, Glen, Luhrssen, David |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | History in motion pictures, War films--United States--History and criticism |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Military / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Reference |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Americans have been almost constantly at war since 1917. In addition to two world wars, the United States has fought proxy wars, propaganda wars, and a''war on terror,''among others. But even with the constant presence of war in American life, much of what Americans remember about those conflicts comes from Hollywood depictions. In War on the Silver Screen Glen Jeansonne and David Luhrssen vividly demonstrate how war movies have burned the images and impressions of those wars onto the American psyche more concretely than has the reality of the wars themselves. That is, our feelings about war. |
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| ISBN: | 9781612346410 9781612346427 |
