1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812433903321

Titolo

The quality of accounting information / / guest editors, Weimin Wang and Ling Zhou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2018

ISBN

1-78769-488-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Collana

International Journal of Accounting & Information Management

Disciplina

657.02855369

Soggetti

Accounting - Computer programs

Accounting - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155126003321

Autore

Wetta Frank J. <1942-, >

Titolo

Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories / / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-59192-5

1-315-74437-6

1-317-59193-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

NovelliMartin A

Disciplina

791.43/6581

791.436581

Soggetti

War films - United States - History and criticism

Historical films - United States - History and criticism

Motion pictures and history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the very thought of losing -- Part I. Do it mean what I think it do? -- The Alamo (1960) -- The Alamo (2004) -- Part II. Are you calling me a liar? -- They died with their boots on (1941) -- Little Big Man(1970) -- Part III. Alamos of the Pacific -- Wake island (1942) -- Bataan (1943) -- Back to Bataan (1943) -- They were expendable (1945) -- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) -- Part IV. Maybe you don't know what we're doing here -- Corregidor (1943) -- Cry, havoc (1943) -- So proudly we hail (1943) -- Part V. The misfortunes of my retreat -- Northwest passage (1940) -- Gung ho (1943) -- Part VI. Planes roaring, voices singing -- Command decision (1948) -- Twelve o'clock high (1949) -- Part VII. Pork Chop is in North Korea now -- The steel helmet (1951) -- Pork Chop Hill (1959) -- Part VIII. Go tell the Americans -- Go tell the Spartans (1978) -- We were soldiers (2002) -- Part IX. Narrowing the aperture -- Black Hawk down (2001) -- Lone survivor (2014) -- 13 hours: the secret soldiers of Benghazi (2016) -- Conclusion: it is here that we lie.

Sommario/riassunto

Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi examines how filmmakers teach Americans about the country's military past.