{"product_id":"cinema-and-unconventional-warfare-in-paul-b-rich-9781350151192","title":"Cinema and Unconventional Warfare in the Twentieth Century: Insurgency, Terrorism and Special Operations","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul B. Rich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135015119X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350151192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d","brand":"Paul B. Rich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906733297919,"sku":"9781350151192","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c34b15ec-13c5-4844-aceb-fafc2eaa8de4.jpg?v=1748771266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinema-and-unconventional-warfare-in-paul-b-rich-9781350151192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}