{"product_id":"war-on-the-silver-screen-glen-jeansonne-9781612346410","title":"War on the Silver Screen: Shaping America's Perception of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmericans have been almost constantly at war since 1917. In addition to two world wars, the United States has fought proxy wars, propaganda wars, and a \"war on terror,\" among others. But even with the constant presence of war in American life, much of what Americans remember about those conflicts comes from Hollywood depictions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWar on the Silver Screen\u003c\/i\u003e Glen Jeansonne and David Luhrssen vividly demonstrate how war movies have burned the images and impressions of those wars onto the American psyche more concretely than has the reality of the wars themselves. That is, our feelings about wars are generated less by what we learn through study and discourse than by powerful cinematic images and dialogue. Films are compressed, intense, and immediate and often a collective experience rather than a solitary one. Actors and drama provide the visceral impact necessary to form perceptions of history that are much more enduring than those generated by other media or experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar on the Silver Screen\u003c\/i\u003e draws on more than a century of films and history, including classics such as \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hurt Locker\u003c\/i\u003e, to examine the legacy of American cinema on twentieth- and twenty-first-century attitudes about war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glen Jeansonne, David Luhrssen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612346413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612346410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.42w x 0.52d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glen Jeansonne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984610361599,"sku":"9781612346410","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10fe2258-48cc-4fe6-9a4e-6784ea9e1132.jpg?v=1683273249","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-on-the-silver-screen-glen-jeansonne-9781612346410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}