Historian Vincent Casaregola examines the portrayal of WWII in popular culture and how that protrayal has changed over time. By examining WWII films, literature, theatre and art from the Cold War era, the Vietnam War, the Reagan years, and present...
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Historian Vincent Casaregola examines the portrayal of WWII in popular culture and how that protrayal has changed over time. By examining WWII films, literature, theatre and art from the Cold War era, the Vietnam War, the Reagan years, and present day, he seeks to understnad the part played by current politics, events and conflicts. Traces the ways in which Americans have represented their involvement by examining the literature, film, and journalism that have shaped the understanding of the war from 1939 to the present
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Faces of the War; One: A War Warning; Two: "Why We Fight"; Three: How We Fight: Campaigns of Sacrifice and Service; Four: "The Great Crusade"; Five: "Saddle Up! Let's Get Back to the War."; Six: Longest Days in the "Good War"; Seven: Conscientious Objection; Eight: Now It Can Be Told: Reopening Old Wounds; Nine: The Once and Future War; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography (and Broadcast Sources); Index