The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre
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The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre

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One of America's most renowned film scholars, Jeanine Basinger, offers a revealing, perceptive and highly readable look at the combat film. Discussing over one thousand movies, Basinger covers in-depth the key examples of the genre and uses them to define the meaning of genre itself. From "Bataan" to "Battleground" to "The Dirty Dozen" to "...more
Paperback, 376 pages
Published May 1st 2003 by Wesleyan University Press (first published 1986)
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While focused on a very narrow topic, ww II combat films, this book is the definitive source for anyone working in this genre. It's wonderful and rich in knowledge.
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