Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History

by John E. O'Connor and Peter C. Rollins

Book Overview

Film moves audiences like no other medium; both documentaries and feature films are especially remarkable for their ability to influence viewers. Best-selling author James Brady remarked that he joined the Marines to fight in Korea after seeing a John Wayne film, demonstrating how a motion picture can change the course of a human life -- in this case, launching the career of a major historian and novelist. In Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191912
• ISBN13: 9780813191911
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher