Cinema and Unconventional Warfare in the Twentieth Century Insurgency, Terrorism and Special Operations
| Author/creator | Rich, Paul B. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bloomsbury Academic [Imprint] London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Description | 320 p. ill 09.213 x 06.142 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation Cinematic representations of unconventional warfare have received sporadic attention to date. However, this pattern has now begun to change with the rise of insurgency and counter-insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the growing importance of jihadist terrorism in the wake of 9/11. This study provides a much-needed examination of global unconventional warfare in 20th-century filmmaking, with case studies from the United States, Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, and Israel. Paul B. Rich examines Hollywood's treatment of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency in the United States; British post-colonial insurgencies in Malaya and Kenya and British special operations in the Second World War; the Irish conflict before and during the Troubles; and French filmmaking and the reluctance to deal with the bitter war in Algeria in the 1950s. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781350055698 |
| ISBN | 1350055697 (Trade Cloth) Forthcoming |
| Standard identifier# | 9781350055698 |
| Stock number | 370395 00309770 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |