The Hollywood War Film,9781405173902

The Hollywood War Film

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781405173902
ISBN10: 1405173904
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-10-19
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The Hollywood War Film offers readers a lively introduction to the theory, history, stars, and major films constituting this vital genre, from Hollywood's earliest days to the current moment Combines broad historical and theoretical coverage of the genre with in-depth analysis of specific films Includes chapters on All Quiet on the Western Front, World War II combat films, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket, Eastwood's Iwo Jima films, and Iraq war films An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the war film genre

Author Biography

Robert Eberwein is Distinguished Professor of English at Oakland University. His publications include Armed Forces: Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film (2007), The War Film (2004).

Table of Contents

List of Plates
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Historical Overview
Critical Issues
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Destination Tokyo (1943) and Retaliation Films
Platoon (1986) and Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Glory (1989)
The Iraq Wars on Film
Iwo Jima
Notes
Index
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