Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories / / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli
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| Autore: |
Wetta Frank J. <1942-, >
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| Titolo: |
Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories / / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6581 |
| 791.436581 | |
| Soggetto topico: | War films - United States - History and criticism |
| Historical films - United States - History and criticism | |
| Motion pictures and history | |
| Altri autori: |
NovelliMartin A
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi |
| ISBN: | 1-317-59192-5 |
| 1-315-74437-6 | |
| 1-317-59193-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910155126003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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