Title Hollywood's Imperial Wars The Vietnam Generation and the American Myth of Heroic Continuity

Published Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (333 p.) Summary Tracing what Prats calls the ""anxiety of legacy"" through the films of the World War II and post-Vietnam War periods, this book offers a new way of looking at both the Hollywood war movie and the profound cultural shifts it reflects and refracts Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Motion pictures and the war. War films -- United States -- History and criticism Heroes in motion pictures. National characteristics, American, in motion pictures. Form Electronic book ISBN 0806194456 9780806194455

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