100 Great War Movies: The Real History Behind the Films
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100 Great War Movies ...
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100 Great War Movies The Real History behind the Films ROBERT NIEMI ...
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This one is for Connie, who put up with an MIA husband, With far too many hours logged at his computer... Also dedicated to the ...
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Introduction ix American Sniper (2014) Apocalypse Now (1979 ...
Introduction The War Film Even if this were not an American- made book by an American writer for a mostly American readership, t ...
x IntroduCtIon desperate glory,” as Wilfred Owen put it. They do so by making mortal combat a sanitized and fascinating aural- v ...
IntroduCtIon xi to produce a book that is broadly representative of the genre in all its variety and complexity. As for se lecti ...
xii IntroduCtIon which the majority of the populace have any acquaintance with or understanding of a par tic u lar war or battle ...
IntroduCtIon xiii endings that tie up loose ends. War movies based in actual history can offer com- pelling storylines or they c ...
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) Synopsis All Quiet on the Western Front is an American Pre- Code anti- war epic based on t ...
2 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT soldiers were prohibited from wearing the uniforms of a foreign power, Laemmle couldn’t rely on ...
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 3 Later, Paul manages to return to the German lines. After a day off, the soldiers return to the ...
4 AMERICAN SNIPER elsewhere due to its anti- war message. When it premiered at the Mozart Cinema in Berlin on 5 December 1930 Ad ...
AMERICAN SNIPER 5 a tactical training com pany for U.S. military and law enforcement personnel. On 2 January 2012 William Morrow ...
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