Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy /
Pippin, Robert B.,1948-
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Red River and the right to rule -- Who cares who shot Liberty Valance? : the heroic and the prosaic in The man who shot Liberty Valance  -- Politics and self-knowledge in The searchers -- Conclusion.
Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977
Ford, John, 1894-1973
Western films
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
Politics in motion pictures.