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02508aam a2200373 i 4500 001 D0B4799600A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170304010220 008 161118t20172017nyu bq 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016028568 020 $a 1138819557 020 $a 9781138819559 020 $a 1138819565 020 $a 9781138819566 035 $a (OCoLC)963797713 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1995.9 W3 W483 2017 100 1 $a Wetta, Frank J., $d 1942- $e author. 245 10 $a Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : $b how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories / $c Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Routledge, $c 2017. 300 $a viii, 152 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the very thought of losing -- Part I. Do this mean what I think it do? -- The Alamo (1960) -- The Alamo (2004) -- Part II. Are you calling me a liar? -- They died with their boots on (1941) -- Little Big Man (1970) -- Part III. Alamos of the Pacific -- Wake Island (1942) -- Bataan (1943) -- Back to Bataan (1943) -- They were expendable (1945) -- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) -- Part IV. We're supposed to be angels of mercy -- Corregidor (1943) -- So proudly we hail (1943) -- Cry havoc! (1943) -- Part V. The misfortunes of my retreat -- Northwest passage (1940) -- Gung ho (1943) -- Part VI. Planes roaring, voices singing -- Command decision (1948) -- Twelve o'clock high (1949) -- Part VII. Pork Chop is in North Korea now -- The steel helmet (1951) -- Pork Chop Hill (1959) -- Part VIII. Go tell the Americans -- Go tell the Spartans (1978) -- We were soldiers (2002) -- Part IX. 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. 650 0 $a War films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Historical films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Motion pictures and history. 700 1 $a Novelli, Martin A., $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wetta, Frank J., 1942- author. $t Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi $d New York : Routledge, 2016 $z 9781315744377 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802023150.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D0B4799600A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search