Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
Contents:
Postscript: Blowback and American sniper. 2. Militarism in American popular culture -- 3. War and cinema : the historical legacy -- 4. The Vietnam syndrome : politics and cinema -- 5. Recycling the good war -- 6. Cinematic warfare in the new world order -- 7. Hollywood after 9/11 -- Postscript: Blowback and American sniper.
Summary:
The newly expanded and revised edition of The Hollywood War Machine includes wide-ranging exploration of numerous popular military-themed films that have appeared in the close to a decade since the first edition was published. Within the Hollywood movie community, there has not been even the slightest decline in well-financed pictures focusing on warfare and closely-related motifs. The second edition includes a new chapter on recent popular films and another that analyzes the relationship between these movies and the bourgeoning gun culture in the United States, marked in recent years by a dramatic increase in episodes of mass killings. -- Publisher website.
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