War and film in America : historical and critical essays / edited by Marilyn J. Matelski and Nancy Lynch Street.

Contributor Matelski, Marilyn J., 1950-

Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2003.

Descriptionx, 208 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Bridge on the River Kwai: the collision of duty and pride / Richard A. Kallan -- John Wayne: American icon, patriotic zealot and cold war ideologue / Bonnie S. Jefferson -- Cold war: three episodes in waging a cinematic battle / Donald Fishman -- Troubled silences: trauma in John Huston's film Let There Be Light / John J. Michalczyk, Susan A. Michalczyk -- Patriot or pariah? the impact of war on family relationships / Marilyn J. Matelski -- Cold war, cinema, and civility: the top films of 1967 / Barbara J. Walkosz -- Top guns in Vietnam: the pilot as protected warrior hero / Sharon D. Downey -- Trauma, treatment, and transformation: the evaluation of the Vietnam warrior in film / Karen Rasmussen, Sharon D. Downey, Jennifer Asenas -- American hero meets terrorist: True Lies and Patriot Games after September 11, 2001 / Suzanne McCorkle -- Stanley Kubrick and America's "Strange Love" of war / Nancy Lynch Street.

Bibliography Note:Includes filmography (p. 195-197).

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index.

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