A Guide to Films on the Korean War

by Paul M. Edwards

Written by a knowledgeable film critic and Korean War scholar, this is the only guide exclusively devoted to the study of Hollywood and television films based on the Korean War, 1950-1953. It opens with eight short essays, discussing the appeal of the war film genre, government and filmmaker cooperation, the isolation of Korean War films from other war films, why John Wayne didn't make a Korean War film, the other actors who did, the plots of Korean...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313303169
• ISBN13: 9780313303166
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"