Hollywood's Cold War - Shaw, Tony (Edinburgh University Press, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Love and defection; CHAPTER 2 The enemy within; CHAPTER 3 Projecting a prophet for profit; CHAPTER 4 Of gods and moguls; CHAPTER 5 Negotiable dissent; CHAPTER 6 Turning a negative into a positive; CHAPTER 7 A cowboy in combats; CHAPTER 8 Secrets and lies; CHAPTER 9 The empire strikes back; Conclusion; Bibliography; Film Index; General Index
Published at a point when American filmmakers are deeply involved in the War on Terror, this authoritative and timely book offers the first comprehensive account of Hollywood?s propaganda role during the defining ideological conflict of the twentieth century: the Cold War. In an analysis of films dating from America?s first Red Scare in the wake of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution to the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Tony Shaw examines the complex relationship between filmmakers, censors, politicians and government propagandists. Movies were at the centre of the Cold War?s battle for heart