Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
< p=""> An introduction to and overview of the Hollywood war movie, a linchpin in American cultural imagination. The book considers the history of this genre, one of continuing significance, from < i=""> All Quiet on the Western Front<> (1930) to < i=""> We Were Soldiers<> (2002). Guy Westwell focuses in particular on representations of the Vietnam War ( < i=""> Apocalypse Now<> [1979], < i=""> Rambo<> [1985] and < i=""> Platoon<> [1986]) and the more recent return to and reexamination of the Second World War ( < i=""> Saving Private Ryan<> [1998]).<>