One world, big screen : Hollywood, the Allies, and World War II

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Bennett, M. Todd

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Through multinational research, this book reveals how the Grand Alliance--Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States--tapped Hollywood's impressive power to shrink the distance and bri...

Through multinational research, this book reveals how the Grand Alliance--Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States--tapped Hollywood's impressive power to shrink the distance and bridge the differences that separated them. The Allies, M. Todd Bennett shows, strategically manipulated cinema in an effort to promote the idea that the Allied Nations was a family of nations joined by blood and affection.

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