LEADER 03310nam 2200589 450 001 9910816498203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61234-642-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000239125 035 $a(EBL)1782668 035 $a(OCoLC)890981270 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001334010 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12456898 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001334010 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11392206 035 $a(PQKB)10921708 035 $a(OCoLC)893898546 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35592 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1782668 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1782668 035 $a(BIP)052500495 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000239125 100 $a20181006d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar on the silver screen $eshaping America's perception of history /$fGlen Jeansonne, David Luhrssen 210 1$a[Lincoln] :$cPotomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,$d[2014] 210 4$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61234-641-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. World War I (1914-1918)""; ""All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)""; ""Paths of Glory (1957)""; ""Lawrence of Arabia (1962)""; ""Gallipoli (1981)""; ""2. World War II (1939-1945)""; ""Casablanca (1942)""; ""Saboteur (1942) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)""; ""Twelve O'Clock High (1949)""; ""Patton (1970)""; ""Schindler's List (1993)""; ""Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)""; ""3. The Cold War (1947-1991), including the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975)"" 327 $a""The Manchurian Candidate (1962)""""From Russia with Love (1963)""; ""Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and Fail-Safe (1964)""; ""Apocalypse Now (1979)""; ""Charlie Wilson's War (2007)""; ""4. The War on Terror (2001-)""; ""United 93 (2006)""; ""The Hurt Locker (2008) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012)""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography"" 330 $aAmericans 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 606 $aWar films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistory in motion pictures 615 0$aWar films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistory in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/6581 700 $aJeansonne$b Glen$01697043 702 $aLuhrssen$b David 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816498203321 996 $aWar on the silver screen$94077456 997 $aUNINA