Guts and Glory The Making of the American Military Image in Film

Guts and Glory is the definitive study of the symbiotic relationship between the film industry and the United States armed services. Since the first edition was published nearly two decades ago, the nation has experienced several wars, both on the battlefield and in movie theatres and living rooms at home. Now author Lawrence Suid has extensively revised and expanded his classic history of the mutual exploitation of the film industry and the military, exploring how Hollywood has reflected and effected changes in America's image of its armed services.Suid offers in-depth looks at such classic films as Wings, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The Longest Day, Patton, Top Gun, and An Officer and a Gentleman, as well as the controversial war movies The Green Berets, M*A*S*H*, The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and Born on the Fourth of July.This significantly expanded edition has been brought completely up to date and includes many of the most recent war films, such as SavingPrivate Ryan, U-571, Pearl Harbor, and Windtalkers.Suid, Lawrence H. is the author of 'Guts and Glory The Making of the American Military Image in Film' with ISBN 9780813122250 and ISBN 0813122252.