Combat Shocks: The Vietnam War in Exploitation Cinema

by Neil Jackson

Discussing titles as varied as Captain Milkshake (1970), The Losers (1970), Forced Entry (1972), The Exterminator (1980), The Last Hunter (1980), How Sleep The Brave (1982), and Combat Shock (1984), this book critically examines both American and European exploitation cinema's handling of Vietnam War themes, while also evaluating marketing techniques that absorbed the war's distinct iconography into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501342541
• ISBN13: 9781501342547
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"