{"product_id":"war-cinema-hollywood-on-the-front-line-9781904764540","title":"War Cinema: Hollywood on the Front Line","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Guy Westwell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wallflower Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Media Tie-In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1930) to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWe Were Soldiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2002). Guy Westwell focuses in particular on representations of the Vietnam War (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e [1979], \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRambo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e [1985] and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e [1986]) and the more recent return to and reexamination of the Second World War (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSaving Private Ryan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e [1998]).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallflower Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268767113367,"sku":"9781904764540","price":2432.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781904764540.webp?v=1767105292","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/war-cinema-hollywood-on-the-front-line-9781904764540","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}