The Hollywood War Machine U.S. Militarism and Popular Culture [Paperback]

The newly expanded and revised edition of The Hollywood War Machineincludes wide-ranging exploration of numerous popular military-themed films that have appeared in the close to a decade since the first edition was published. Within the Hollywood movie community, there has not been even the slightest decline in well-financed pictures focusing on warfare and closely-related motifs. The second edition includes a new chapter on recent popular films and another that analyzes the relationship between these movies and the bourgeoning gun culture in the United States, marked in recent years by a dramatic increase in episodes of mass killings.

CONTENTS  Preface  Chapter One: Media Culture in the Imperial System  Chapter Two: Militarism in American Popular Culture  Chapter Three: War and Cinema: The Historical Legacy  Chapter Four: The Vietnam Syndrome: Politics and Cinema  Chapter Five: Recycling the Good War  Chapter Six: Cinematic Warfare in the New World Order  Chapter Seven: Hollywood After 9/11

Praise for the First Edition

 

This politically informed book demonstrates how war movies are more than just entertainment. They serveintentionally or notas a cultural weapon of global empire. Clearly written, richly researched, and persuasively argued, The Hollywood War Machine is a feast for any opponent of militaristic propaganda.
Michael Parenti, author of Superpatriotismand The Culture Struggle

 

From Tom Cruise in Top Gun down to United 93, about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hollywood has played a crucial role in implanting militarism, hypermasculinity, and racism deep in the American psyche. Carl Boggs and Tom Pollards The Hollywood War Machine is an invaluable contriblSC