LEADER 02835oam 2200529I 450 001 9910155126003321 005 20240505170353.0 010 $a1-317-59192-5 010 $a1-315-74437-6 010 $a1-317-59193-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315744377 035 $a(CKB)4340000000023881 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4767117 035 $a(OCoLC)967739166 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000023881 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aLast stands from the Alamo to Benghazi $ehow Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories /$fFrank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (161 pages) 311 $a1-138-81956-5 311 $a1-138-81955-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aLast Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi examines how filmmakers teach Americans about the country's military past. 606 $aWar films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistorical films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMotion pictures and history 615 0$aWar films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistorical films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMotion pictures and history. 676 $a791.43/6581 676 $a791.436581 700 $aWetta$b Frank J.$f1942-,$0983062 701 $aNovelli$b Martin A$0983063 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155126003321 996 $aLast stands from the Alamo to Benghazi$92243647 997 $aUNINA