{"product_id":"cinema-and-unconventional-warfare-in-the-twentieth-century-insurgency-terrorism-and-special-operations-9781350151192","title":"Cinema and Unconventional Warfare in the Twentieth Century: Insurgency, Terrorism and Special Operations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul B. Rich\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCinematic representations of unconventional warfare have received sporadic attention to date. However, this pattern has now begun to change with the rise of insurgency and counter-insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the growing importance of jihadist terrorism in the wake of 9\/11. This ground-breaking study provides a much-needed examination of global unconventional warfare in 20th-century filmmaking, with case studies from the United States, Britain, Ireland, France, Italy and Israel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paul B. Rich examines Hollywood's treatment of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency in the United States; British post-colonial insurgencies in Malaya and Kenya and British special operations in the Second World War; the Irish conflict before and during the Troubles; French filmmaking and the reluctance to deal with the bitter war in Algeria in the 1950s; Italian neorealism and its impact on films dealing with urban insurgency by Roberto Rossellini, Nanni Loy and Gillo Pontecorvo, and Israel and the upsurge of Palestinian terrorism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whilst only a small number of films on these conflicts have been able to rise above stereotyping insurgents and terrorists - in some cases due to a pattern of screen orientalism - \u003ci\u003eCinema and Unconventional Warfare in the Twentieth Century \u003c\/i\u003estresses the positive political gains to be derived from humanizing terrorists and terrorists movements, especially in the context of modern jihadist terrorism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is essential reading for academics, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates interested in 20th-century military history, politics and international relations, and film studies.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082882211991,"sku":"9781350151192","price":4351.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350151192.webp?v=1767898157","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cinema-and-unconventional-warfare-in-the-twentieth-century-insurgency-terrorism-and-special-operations-9781350151192","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}