Frank Wetta, Martin Novelli
Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi
How Hollywood Turns Military Defeats into Moral Victories
Frank Wetta, Martin Novelli
Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi
How Hollywood Turns Military Defeats into Moral Victories
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Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi examines how filmmakers teach Americans about the country's military past.
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Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi examines how filmmakers teach Americans about the country's military past.
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 160
- Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
- Gewicht: 386g
- ISBN-13: 9781138819559
- ISBN-10: 1138819557
- Artikelnr.: 49088146
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 160
- Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
- Gewicht: 386g
- ISBN-13: 9781138819559
- ISBN-10: 1138819557
- Artikelnr.: 49088146
Frank J. Wetta is Lecturer, Department of History and Senior Fellow, Center for History, Politics, and Policy, Kean University. He is co-author of The Long Reconstruction: The Post-Civil War South in History, Film, and Memory (2014). Martin A. Novelli teaches film and history at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia and at Kean University. He is co-author of The Long Reconstruction: The Post-Civil War South in History, Film, and Memory (2014).
Introduction: "The Very Thought of Losing"
1 "Do this Mean What I Think it Do?"
John Wayne's Alamo (1960)
John Lee Hancock's Alamo (2004)
2 "Are You Calling Me a Liar?"
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
Little Big Man (1970)
3 Alamos of the Pacific
Wake Island (1942)
Bataan (1943)
Back to Bataan (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
4 "We're Supposed to be Angels of Mercy"
Corregidor (March, 1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (September, 1943)
Cry "Havoc!" (November, 1943)
5 "The Misfortunes of My Retreat"
Northwest Passage (1940)
Gung Ho! The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)
6 Planes Roaring, Voices Singing
Command Decision (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
7 Pork Chop Hill is in North Korea Now
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
8 "Go Tell the Americans"
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
9 "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 . . ."
Filmography
Further Reading
Index
1 "Do this Mean What I Think it Do?"
John Wayne's Alamo (1960)
John Lee Hancock's Alamo (2004)
2 "Are You Calling Me a Liar?"
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
Little Big Man (1970)
3 Alamos of the Pacific
Wake Island (1942)
Bataan (1943)
Back to Bataan (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
4 "We're Supposed to be Angels of Mercy"
Corregidor (March, 1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (September, 1943)
Cry "Havoc!" (November, 1943)
5 "The Misfortunes of My Retreat"
Northwest Passage (1940)
Gung Ho! The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)
6 Planes Roaring, Voices Singing
Command Decision (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
7 Pork Chop Hill is in North Korea Now
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
8 "Go Tell the Americans"
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
9 "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 . . ."
Filmography
Further Reading
Index
Introduction: "The Very Thought of Losing"
1 "Do this Mean What I Think it Do?"
John Wayne's Alamo (1960)
John Lee Hancock's Alamo (2004)
2 "Are You Calling Me a Liar?"
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
Little Big Man (1970)
3 Alamos of the Pacific
Wake Island (1942)
Bataan (1943)
Back to Bataan (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
4 "We're Supposed to be Angels of Mercy"
Corregidor (March, 1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (September, 1943)
Cry "Havoc!" (November, 1943)
5 "The Misfortunes of My Retreat"
Northwest Passage (1940)
Gung Ho! The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)
6 Planes Roaring, Voices Singing
Command Decision (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
7 Pork Chop Hill is in North Korea Now
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
8 "Go Tell the Americans"
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
9 "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 . . ."
Filmography
Further Reading
Index
1 "Do this Mean What I Think it Do?"
John Wayne's Alamo (1960)
John Lee Hancock's Alamo (2004)
2 "Are You Calling Me a Liar?"
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
Little Big Man (1970)
3 Alamos of the Pacific
Wake Island (1942)
Bataan (1943)
Back to Bataan (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
4 "We're Supposed to be Angels of Mercy"
Corregidor (March, 1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (September, 1943)
Cry "Havoc!" (November, 1943)
5 "The Misfortunes of My Retreat"
Northwest Passage (1940)
Gung Ho! The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)
6 Planes Roaring, Voices Singing
Command Decision (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
7 Pork Chop Hill is in North Korea Now
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
8 "Go Tell the Americans"
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
9 "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 . . ."
Filmography
Further Reading
Index