100 Great War Movies: The Real History Behind the Films

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O’Toole, Peter, 208–13
Outsider, The, 214
Owen, Wilfred, x
Owens, Jesse, 264
OWI (Office of War Information), 264

Pacino, Al, 9 , 37 , 312
Palance, Jack, 14
Palme d’Or, 10 , 45 , 186 , 199 , 234 , 249
Pantoliano, Joe, 102
Papas, Irene, 148 – 4 9
Paramount Pictures, 40 , 42 , 105 – 6, 238 ,
272 , 295
Parikka, Pekka, xiii, 336
Parks, Larry, 302
Pasinetti Award, 15
Paths of Glory, x, 51 , 119 , 238–41, 347
Patton, 222 , 241– 46, 348
Patton, Gen. George S., Jr., 23 , 222 ,
241– 4 6, 348
PAVN (People’s Army), 46 , 334
Pearce, Guy, 163
Pearl Harbor, 34 , 101 , 104 , 115 , 117 , 152 ,
268 , 310 , 316 –17, 325
Peckinpah, Sam, 66–69, 353 , 355
Pegler, Westbrook, 304
Penn, Sean, 58–59, 311 , 313
Pentagon, 36 , 115 , 155 , 177 , 230 , 256 , 304
People’s Army (PAVN), 46 , 334
Peppard, George, 255
Pepper, Barry, 112 , 271 , 274
Perel, Solomon, 107–10, 352
Perkins, Anthony, 209
Perlman, Ron, 106
Perrine, Valerie, 287
Persoff, Nehemiah, 230
Petersen, Wolfgang, 74 –76, 109
Pfefferberg, Leopold (aka Leopold Page),
278
Philippines, 8–9, 37 , 155 , 159 , 251 ,
308 –11
Phillips, Lou Diamond, 65
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 191
Piaf, Edith, 224
Pianist, The, xiii, 247–50, 279 , 353 –54
Pickett, Gen. George, 131
PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment), 225 ,
272
Pirosh, Robert, 23

Pitt, Brad, 122–23, 312

Piven, Jeremy, 35

Płaszów concentration camp, 280

Platoon, 122 , 156 , 250 –55, 314 , 348 , 353

Pleasence, Donald, 142

Poland, xi, 63 , 88 , 108 , 14 0, 188 – 89,

247– 49, 278 – 80, 282

Polanski, Roman, 247– 48, 250 , 279 , 281

Pontecorvo, Gillo, 19–20, 22

Pool, Lafayette G. “War Daddy,” 124

Pork Chop Hill, 255 –57, 347 , 351

Post-traumatic stress disorder. See PTSD

Pot, Pol, 192–93

POUM, 197–200, 232

POW camps, 51 , 83 , 137 , 141 , 232 , 289 ,

295–96, 298

POWs, 49 , 51–53, 83 , 103 , 138–44, 194 ,

196 , 232–34, 249 , 286–88, 290 ,

295–98, 302–4, 318 –19, 330

Pran, Dith, 190 –93, 353

Prebble, John, 340

Preminger, Otto, 295 , 297

Presnell, Harve, 112 , 273

Preston, Robert, 327

Prince Charles, 232

Prince Harry, 96

Prince William, 232

Princess Margaret, 73

Prochnow, Jürgen, 74 , 76

Propaganda, 106 , 166 , 172 , 216 , 220 , 256 ,

262 , 264 , 267 , 308 , 310 , 316 , 318 ,

323 , 350 –51

PT boats, 308 –11

PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), xii,

5–6, 9 , 38 , 64 , 84 , 287 , 326

Pulitzer Prize, 111 , 129 , 135 , 190 , 192 ,

304–6

Purple Heart, 31 , 311

Pusan Perimeter, 231

Puttnam, David, 162 , 190 – 91

Pyle, Ernie, 122 , 304–7, 354

Quail, Anthony, 147

Quayle, Anthony, 14 9, 168 – 69, 211

Quezon, President Manuel, 311

RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force), 72

Rabe, David, 58 , 60

Racism, 36 , 109 , 302–4