Hollywood, the Pentagon and Washington
Subtitle: [the movies and national security from World War II to the present day]
By: Jean-Michael Valantin
Publisher: Anthem
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: National security -- United States; Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States; Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- California -- Los Angeles; Motion pictures in propaganda -- United States
Notes: Subtitle from cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-150) and indexes

Filmography: p. [145]-147
Table of contents: title: National security cinema and American strategic identity : Structural links; title: Experiencing and dreaming-up history, 1951-1982; title: Justifying the new strategic power, 1982-1990; title: New threats, 1990-1994; title: The need to fight terrorism, 1994-2000; title: Pearl Harbor Syndrome and the fables of technology, 1986-2000; title: Saving ground combat, 1987-2000; title: Around September 11; title: The state and defence: Questions of legitimacy; title: Empire, war and revolution