Screen LibraryLast stands from the Alamo to Benghazi : how Hollywood turns military defeats into moral victories /
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 152 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [142]-147), filmography and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138819559 1138819557 9781138819566 1138819565 |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
| CLC: | J905.712 |
| Call Number: | J905.712/W542 |
| Contents: | Introduction: the very thought of losing -- Part I. Do it 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. Maybe you don't know what we're doing here -- Corregidor (1943) -- Cry, havoc (1943) -- So proudly we hail (1943) -- Part V. The misfortunes of my retreat -- Northwest passage (1940) -- Gung ho (194 |