Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.
Movies and the 1940s / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- 1940: movies and the reassessment of America / Matthew Bernstein -- 1941: movies on the edge of war / Sarah Kozloff -- 1942: movies and the march to war / Steven Jay Schneider -- 1943: movies and national identity / Catherine L. Preston -- 1944: movies and the renegotiation of genre / Nicholas Spencer -- 1945: movies and the march home / Kristine Butler Karlson -- 1946: movies and postwar recovery / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- 1947: movies and the "enemy" within / Tony Williams -- 1948: movies and the family / Joanna Rapf -- 1949: movies and the fate of genre / Marcia Landy