Trevor McCrisken is lecturer in American politics and international studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam: US Foreign Policy Since 1974.

Trevor McCrisken is lecturer in American politics and international studies at the University of Warwick. Andrew Pepper is lecturer in English and American literature at Queen’s University, Belfast. He is the author of The Contemporary American Crime Novel.

Start by marking American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film as Want to Read . Black Hawk Down, and Three Kings

Start by marking American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Black Hawk Down, and Three Kings. Both authoritative and engaging, American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film is the first book to comprehensively explore the post-cold war period of filmmaking, and to navigate the complex ways that film mediates history-sometimes challenging or questioning, but more frequently reaffirming traditional interpretations. The authors consider why such films are becoming increasingly integral to the ambitions of a globally focused American film industry.

Black Hawk Down, and Three Kings. American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film is the first book to comprehensively explore the post-cold war period of filmmaking, and to navigate the complex ways that film mediates history-sometimes challenging or questioning, but more frequently reaffirming traditional interpretations.

Hollywood has always been fascinated by America's past, but never more so than in the past fifteen years

Hollywood has always been fascinated by America's past, but never more so than in the past fifteen years. Bringing exciting new perspectives to how and why Hollywood has sought to repicture American history, this book offers analysis of more than twenty mainstream contemporary films, including The Patriot, Amistad, Glory, Ride with the Devil, Cold Mountain, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, Pearl Harbor, U-571, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven and Earth, JFK, Nixon, Malcolm X, Ali

This book offers an analysis of how and why contemporary Hollywood films have sought to mediate American history.

This book offers an analysis of how and why contemporary Hollywood films have sought to mediate American history. It is the first book to explore, comprehensively, the post-Cold War period of film-making, and to consider whether or how far contemporary films have begun to unravel the unifying myths of earlier films and periods. The relationship between film and history - the way in which film mediates history and vice versa - is a complex one. In this book, the authors work from two main assumptions.

Hollywood has a growing fascination with America’s past This book offers an analysis of how and why contemporary Hollywood films have sought to mediate American history.

Hollywood has a growing fascination with America’s past. This is evidenced in the release of a rash of films of this genre in the past 25 years. This book offers an analysis of how and why contemporary Hollywood films have sought to mediate American history.

Trevor McCrisken and Andrew Pepper. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005. To keep this academic pot churning, two British university lectur- ers, Trevor McCrisken and Andrew Pepper, take a fresh look at this lively topic and formulate some across-the-Atlantic perspectives that certainly will super-charge this spirited discussion. Analyzing over twenty mainstream screenplays, these overseas authors look for clues to determine how much ‘‘truth’’ each title contains.

American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film. American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film. American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film (with Andrew Pepper) Edinburgh University Press, 2005, Rutgers University Press ISBN 0 7 227 pages. Choice outstanding academic title 2006. First book to explore how and why post-Cold War Hollywood cinema has sought to interpret American history Hollywood has a growing fascination with America's past.

CONTENTS Acknowledgements Preface American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film: Introduction 1. .Trevor McCrisken is Lecturer in American Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. Lessons from Hollywood's American Revolution Revolution The Patriot 2. Rattling the Chains of History: Steven Spielberg's Amistad and Telling Everyone's Story Roots Amistad 3. Hollywood's Civil War Dilemma: To Imagine or Unravel the Nation? . Author of American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam: US Foreign Policy since 1974 (Palgrave, 2003).

Hawk Down, and Three Kings. Trevor McCrisken, Andrew Pepper.