1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785903203321

Titolo

American independent cinema : indie, indiewood and beyond / / edited by Geoff King, Claire Molloy and Yannis Tzioumakis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-50132-0

1-283-86244-1

1-136-50133-9

0-203-14370-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273p)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingGeoff <1960->

MolloyClaire

TzioumakisYannis

Disciplina

791.4302/3092

Soggetti

Independent films - United States - History and criticism

Independent filmmakers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Independent of what? sorting out differences from hollywood / Janet Staiger -- "Independent", "Indie" and "Indiewood": towards a periodisation of contemporary (post-1980) American independent cinema / Yannis Tzioumakis -- Thriving or in permanent crisis? Discourses on the state of indie cinema / Geoff King -- Quirky: buzzword or sensibility? / James MacDowell -- Movies for Hipsters / Michael Z. Newman -- Discerning independents: Steven Soderbergh and transhistorical taste cultures / Mark Gallagher -- Their own personal velocity: women directors and contemporary independent cinema / Michele Schreiber -- Last indie standing: the special case of Lions Gate in the new millennium / Alisa Perren -- Conglomerate Hollywood and American independent film / Thomas Schatz -- Reputational capital, creative conflict and Hollywood independence: the case of Hal Ashby / Philip Drake -- The limits of autonomy: Stanley Kubrick, Hollywood and independent filmmaking, 1950-53 / Peter Krämer -- Independent nature: wildlife films between Hollywood and indiewood / Claire Molloy -- In Hollywood, but not of Hollywood:



independent Christian filmmaking / James Russell -- Welcome to the (neo) grindhouse! sex, violence and the indie film / Sarah Wharton -- Faux feal? C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America as the response to The Birth of a Nation / Novotny Lawrence -- Measuring online word-of-mouth: the initial reception of Inland Empire (2006) on the Web / Warren Buckland.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971313303321

Autore

Cimbala Stephen J

Titolo

Through a glass darkly : looking at conflict prevention, management, and termination / / Stephen J. Cimbala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798216025849

9780313001031

0313001030

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

327.1/6/0904

Soggetti

Military policy

Military history, Modern - 20th century

International relations

Cold War

World politics - 1989-

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Past Cases -- Present/Future Cases -- SEQUENCE OF TOPICS -- LOOKING AHEAD -- NOTES -- Part I  Past Cases -- Chapter 1 Bargaining at the Brink: Otherness and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- INTRODUCTION -- PERSPECTIVE TAKING BEFORE AND AFTER CUBA -- DETERRENCE AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS -- OTHER INTERPRETATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Wilderness of Mirrors: The 1983 "War Scare" and U.S.-Soviet Relations --



INTRODUCTION -- OPERATION RYAN -- THE INF DECISION -- STAR WARS -- KAL 007 -- THE SEPTEMBER SATELLITE WARNING INCIDENT -- ABLE ARCHER -- EAST GERMAN INTELLIGENCE -- THE SOVIET NUCLEAR DETERRENT -- ANALYSIS -- OTHER WAR SCARES? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Operation Desert Storm: A Truncated Triumph -- INTRODUCTION -- MISPERCEPTIONS AND MISTAKEN ASSUMPTIONS -- Was Saddam Hussein Irrational or Crazy Like a Fox? -- U.S. Deterrence before Desert Storm -- Compellence: Upping the Ante -- THE BEST-LAID PLANS: ASSUMPTIONS -- THE AIR CAMPAIGN: OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSMENT -- VIDEO WAR -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Part II  Present and Future Cases -- Chapter 4 Information Warfare and Nuclear Weapons: Back to the Future? -- INFORMATION WARFARE: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS -- INFORMATION WARFARE AND NUCLEAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT -- PREEMPTION AND INFORMATION WARFARE -- ACCIDENTAL/INADVERTENT WARFARE AND INFORMATION CONFLICT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 Armageddon by Osmosis: Must Nuclear Weapons Spread? -- INTRODUCTION -- NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND DETERRENCE IN THE COLD WAR -- A NEW THREAT ENVIRONMENT -- PROLIFERATION AND RATIONAL DECISION MAKING -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Small Wars and Peace Wars: Disarming the Devil -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINING THE PROBLEM -- ORGANIZING THE U.S. MILITARY FOR NONWAR OPERATIONS -- THE STREETS WITHOUT JOY.

Chechnya I: Russia Enters the Quagmire -- Chechnya II: Russia Reenters the Quagmire -- ALLIES IN SMALL WARS AND PEACE WARS -- Command and Control -- NATO: Out of Area and into OOTW -- CASUALTIES AND POPULAR EXPECTATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Conclusion -- THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY REVISITED -- WHAT PAST CASES TELL US -- ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS ABOUT DECISION-MAKING PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE -- RESOLVING FUTURE CONFLICTS -- GRACE NOTES -- NOTES -- For Further Reading -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

Cimbala shows why the prevention, management, and concluding of war all require an understanding of the subjective aspects of decision making as well as the hardware and tactics of military operations. A review of past cases of U.S. security policy decision making and a preview of some future problems are combined to distill important lessons about coping with conflict in the post-Cold War world. These lessons include the awareness that some conflicts are unnecessarily provoked or prolonged on account of the gap between the perspectives and experiences of civilian policy makers and the views of the armed forces leadership. Another important lesson is that, in resolving or managing conflicts, perceptions, and expectations of leaders filter out alternatives that might have led to preferred solutions had they been attempted in good time. Of particular interest to policy makers, military professionals, and researchers involved with contemporary military issues.