LEADER 05983nam 22008533u 450 001 9910782109403321 005 20221214175741.0 010 $a0-8131-3874-4 010 $a1-282-97631-1 010 $a9786612976315 010 $a0-8131-7297-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000539182 035 $a(EBL)792350 035 $a(OCoLC)262835138 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000271796 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188810 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271796 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294451 035 $a(PQKB)10259172 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC792350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30359252 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30359252 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000539182 100 $a20130418d2008|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWhy we fought$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's wars in film and history /$fedited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLexington, Ky. $cThe University Press of Kentucky$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (624 p.) 225 1 $aFilm and History ;$vv.FMHI 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-9191-2 311 $a0-8131-2493-X 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I; 1 / John E. O'Connor; 2 / Frank Thompson; 3 / James Yates; 4 / Gary R . Edgerton; 5 / Robert M. Myers; Part II; 6 / Michael T. Isenberg; 7 / James Latham; 8 / David Imhoof; 9 / John Whiteclay Chambers II; 10 / Cynthia J. Miller; 11 / Ian S. Scott; 12 / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli; 13 / J. E. Smyth; 14 / Robert Brent Toplin; Part III; 15 / Thomas W. Maulucci Jr; 16 / Susan A. George; 17 / Peter C. Rollins; 18 / Lawrence W. Lichty and Raymond L. Carroll; 19 / William S. Bushnell; Part IV 327 $a20 / John Shelton Lawrence and John G. McGarrahan21 / Jeffrey Chown; 22 / Stacy Takacs; 23 / James Kendrick; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; ABOUT THE EDITORS 330 $aFilm moves audiences like no other medium; both documentaries and feature films are especially remarkable for their ability to influence viewers. Best-selling author James Brady remarked that he joined the Marines to fight in Korea after seeing a John Wayne film, demonstrating how a motion picture can change the course of a human life -- in this case, launching the career of a major historian and novelist. In Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History, editors Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor explore the complexities of war films, describing the ways in which such productions interpret history and illuminate American values, politics, and culture. This comprehensive volume covers representations of war in film from the American Revolution in the 18th century to today's global War on Terror. The contributors examine iconic battle films such as The Big Parade (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), From Here to Eternity (1953), and Platoon (1986), considering them as historical artifacts. The authors explain how film shapes our cultural understanding of military conflicts, analyzing how war is depicted on television programs, through news media outlets, and in fictional and factual texts. With several essays examining the events of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath, the book has a timely relevance concerning the country's current military conflicts. Jeff Chown examines controversial documentary films about the Iraq War, while Stacy Takacs considers Jessica Lynch and American gender issues in a post-9/11 world, and James Kendrick explores the political messages and aesthetic implications of United 93. From filmmakers who reshaped our understanding of the history of the Alamo, to Ken Burns's popular series on the Civil War, to the uses of film and media in understanding the Vietnam conflict, Why We Fought offers a balanced outlook -- one of the book's editors was a combat officer in the United States Marines, the other an antiwar activist -- on the conflicts that have become touchstones of American history. As Air Force veteran and film scholar Robert Fyne notes in the foreword, American war films mirror a nation's past and offer tangible evidence of the ways millions of Americans have become devoted, as was General MacArthur, to "Duty, honor, and country." 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