The American War Film: History and Hollywood

by Frank McAdams

McAdams provides the first extensive synthesis of American and world history with the war film genre. He demonstrates how the war film reflects the currents of history of the time with actual events portrayed and in dramatic plot points.

Beginning with IThe Birth of a Nation R in 1915, McAdams weaves the development of Hollywood, the larger socioeconomic and political events of the time with the way war was and is portrayed in American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275968715
• ISBN13: 9780275968717
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"