Hollywood and the military bureaucracy: depicting America's fighting forces at their best and worst
"Through a century of movies, the U.S. military held sway over war and service-oriented films. Influenced by the armed forces and their public relations units, Hollywood presented moviegoers with images of a faultless American fighting machine led by heroic commanders. This book examines this c...
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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| Summary: | "Through a century of movies, the U.S. military held sway over war and service-oriented films. Influenced by the armed forces and their public relations units, Hollywood presented moviegoers with images of a faultless American fighting machine led by heroic commanders. This book examines this cooperation with detailed narratives of military blunders and unfit officers that were whitewashed to be presented in a more favorable light. Drawing on production files, correspondence between bureaucrats and filmmakers, and contemporary critical reviews, the author reveals the behind-the-scenes political maneuvers that led to the rewriting of history on-screen"-- |
| Physical Description: | vii, 190 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits (schwarz-weiß) 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781476678481 |
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