The Hollywood War FilmISBN: 978-1-4051-7390-2
Paperback
192 pages
October 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Offers readers a lively introduction to the major conventions of the war film genre, from Hollywood's earliest days to the current moment
- Combines broad historical and theoretical coverage of the genre with in-depth analysis of specific films
- Includes chapters on All Quiet on the Western Front, World War II combat films, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket, Eastwood’s Iwo Jima films, and Iraq war films.
- An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the war film genre