Legendary War Films

by Peter Guttmacher

Great coffee table book of American History This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567992404
• ISBN13: 9781567992403
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.7" x 13.1"

Customer Reviews

Great war movie trivia, despite historical errors

I'm a huge fan of war movies, and while this is far from a definitive guide, it does have plenty of great trivia from some of the best war movies ever made. It has great behind-the-scenes info about such classics as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Spartacus", "Patton", "Glory", and many others. The best parts of the book are the trivia pages, with such things as match the actor with the famous line. My main problem with the book is the historical errors, especially about the American Civil War. The author claims that as many as 700,000 Americans were killed in combat during the war, which is totally ludicrous. Fewer than 210,000 from both sides combined were either killed in action or mortally wounded. The majority of deaths during the Civil War were from disease, not combat. What's even more insulting is that the author claims that 40,000 died in the battle of Antietam!!! Actually, the Union army reported 2,108 of their own as killed; the Confederates reported 1,546 of their own as killed. With such errors as these, I cannott give the book 5 stars (actually 4 stars is a generous rating!). But, the info and photos from some of my favorite war movies was very enjoyable so I recommend it to fans of war movies. Just be aware that there are far better books available on the subject!