Bob Herzberg

Hollywood and the Military Bureaucracy

Depicting America's Fighting Forces at Their Best and Worst

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through a century of movies, the U.S. military held sway over war and service-oriented films. Influenced by the armed forces and their public relations units, Hollywood presented moviegoers with images of a faultless American fighting machine led by heroic commanders. This book examines this cooperation with detailed narratives of military blunders and unfit officers that were whitewashed to be presented in a more favorable light. Drawing on production files, correspondence between bureaucrats and filmmakers, and contemporary critical reviews, the author reveals the behind-the-scenes political maneuvers that led to the rewriting of history on-screen.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781476678481
• ISBN-10: 1476678480
• Artikelnr.: 64187607

Autorenporträt

Writer, actor and comedian Bob Herzberg is the author of scholarly books and Western novels. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments deletevi Introduction: Evasive Action I
Forward March: 1917
1931 II
Covering Fire: 1932
1940 III
Collateral Damage: 1941
1945 IV
Section 8: 1946
1959 V
Lockdown: 1960
1970 VI
Ceasefire: A Quick Look at the 1970s and Beyond Chapter Notes Bibliography Index