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Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories / / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli
| Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories / / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli |
| Autore | Wetta Frank J. <1942-, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Disciplina |
791.43/6581
791.436581 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NovelliMartin A |
| Soggetto topico |
War films - United States - History and criticism
Historical films - United States - History and criticism Motion pictures and history |
| ISBN |
1-317-59192-5
1-315-74437-6 1-317-59193-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155126003321 |
Wetta Frank J. <1942-, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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The long reconstruction : the post-Civil War south in history, film, and memory / / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli
| The long reconstruction : the post-Civil War south in history, film, and memory / / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli |
| Autore | Wetta Frank J. <1942-, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NovelliMartin |
| Soggetto topico |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Social aspects
Popular culture - Southern States - History - 19th century Collective memory - Southern States Memory - Social aspects - Southern States |
| ISBN |
0-415-89465-4
1-136-33185-9 0-203-12226-7 1-136-33186-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The night they drove old Dixie down: constructing reconstruction history -- Lincoln "unmurdered": reconstruction alternatives and counterfactuals -- "Let's make a start": war and reconstruction on the homefront -- "Sunshine headin' my way": memories of reconstruction in black and white -- Wilkes & Kennedy: the economic consequences of the Civil War -- "I am vengeful and I shall not sleep" : the Civil War and the legacy of violence during reconstruction -- "A gallant soldier and a Christian gentleman": the reconciliation of north and south on the post-Civil War frontier -- "The princess of the moon" : the lost cause, reconstruction, and the unfinished Civil War. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825576203321 |
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Wetta Frank J. <1942-, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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