Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wetta, Frank J., 1942- author.

Novelli, Martin A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War films--United States--History and criticism.

War films.

United States.

Historical films--United States--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Motion pictures and history.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 152 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wetta, Frank J., 1942- author. Last stands from the Alamo to Benghazi

ISBN:

9781138819559

1138819557

9781138819566

1138819565

OCLC:

963797713