Martin Novelli: 2 books
Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi
How Hollywood Turns Military Defeats into Moral Victories
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi examines how filmmakers teach Americans about the country’s military past. Examining twenty-three representative war films and locating them in their cultural and military landscape, the authors argue that Hollywood’s view of American military history has...
The Long Reconstruction
The Post-Civil War South in History, Film, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
A century and a half after the Civil War, Americans are still dealing with the legacies of the conflict and Reconstruction, including the many myths and legends spawned by these events. The Long Reconstruction: The Post-Civil War South in History, Film, and Memory brings together history and popular...