{"product_id":"one-world-big-screen-m-todd-bennett-9781469628301","title":"One World, Big Screen: Hollywood, the Allies, and World War II","description":"World War II coincided with cinema's golden age. Movies now considered classics were created at a time when all sides in the war were coming to realize the great power of popular films to motivate the masses. Through multinational research, \u003ci\u003eOne World, Big Screen\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the Grand Alliance--Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States--tapped Hollywood's impressive power to shrink the distance and bridge the differences that separated them. The Allies, M. Todd Bennett shows, strategically manipulated cinema in an effort to promote the idea that the United Nations was a family of nations joined by blood and affection. \u003cbr\u003eBennett revisits \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Miniver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlying Tigers\u003c\/i\u003e, and other familiar movies that, he argues, helped win the war and the peace by improving Allied solidarity and transforming the American worldview. Closely analyzing film, diplomatic correspondence, propagandists' logs, and movie studio records found in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the former Soviet Union, Bennett rethinks traditional scholarship on World War II diplomacy by examining the ways that Hollywood and the Allies worked together to prepare for and enact the war effort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Todd Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469628309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469628301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.85d","brand":"M. Todd Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065801011455,"sku":"9781469628301","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95c5c204-62a3-4708-aaba-714c6997ac9a.jpg?v=1685403575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-world-big-screen-m-todd-bennett-9781469628301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}