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"Jeremy M. Devine shows off an encyclopedic knowledge of Vietnam War films in [this book]. The author, a motion picture industry executive, fills this excellent book with detailed summaries of Vietnam films, from the obscure to the best known. Devine tells his tale chronologically. In addition to his detailed plot summaries, he offers brief analyses, focusing on how the various films relate to historical events at the time they were released. He also connects these events to issues such as the draft, the antiwar movement, POWs, and veterans' readjustment problems. The two appendices, which list Vietnam films alphabetically and chronologically, are valuable resources... [A] wide-ranging, inclusive, and insightful book." VVA Veteran
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"Jeremy M. Devine shows off an encyclopedic knowledge of Vietnam War films in [this book]. The author, a motion picture industry executive, fills this excellent book with detailed summaries of Vietnam films, from the obscure to the best known. Devine tells his tale chronologically. In addition to his detailed plot summaries, he offers brief analyses, focusing on how the various films relate to historical events at the time they were released. He also connects these events to issues such as the draft, the antiwar movement, POWs, and veterans' readjustment problems. The two appendices, which list Vietnam films alphabetically and chronologically, are valuable resources...[A] wide-ranging, inclusive, and insightful book." VVA Veteran Originally issued in hardcover in 1995 by McFarland and Company, Inc., this book is now available in paperback for a wider public and classroom audience.
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Format:Paperback
Upon reading this book for a class assignment, I was not very interested in the topic. However, after reading this informative masterpiece my interest in the vietnam era grew. I found this book to be very well written, and it fully shows the diversity in films made about the war.
Format:Paperback
A COMPLETE BOOK, giving full detail of the most popular films produced on the vietnam era. It also gives great detail on films almost forgotten or even unheard of. This is an important book in our history, it points out facts that might be missed otherwise.
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Very informative, Devine demostrates superior knowledge.
14 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
Upon reading this book for a class assignment, I was not very interested in the topic. However, after reading this informative masterpiece my interest in the vietnam era grew. I found this book to be very well written, and it fully shows the diversity in films made about the war.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
if you want the complete history this has it all outstanding
14 Aug 1999
Format:Library Binding
A complete guide to an era of turmoil. Nobody realized the amount written on this subject. This book brings it all together and discusses the individual movies.
Outstanding presentation of the conflict!
30 Jan 2010
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Devine's book is superb. The best book that I have come across on the topic of Vietnam (concerning film and history). In fact my Sr. Thesis was on the similar topic of Hollywood's Vietnam War films, and Devine's book was one of my main sources of information, context, and critique. He really covers EVERYTHING. Obviously I had to limit what i was covering in my thesis, but there is no shortage of information in Devine's book.
While writing a film critique for an independent study course on Problem Films of the 1970s i looked into Devine's book again, and found that a 1968 film (Targets by Peter Bogdonovich) fits the profile of a deranged Vietnam Veteran flick. I never stop learning from this guy!! As a film studies/history student, this book is considered by me to be one of the very best. I strongly reccomend it!
While writing a film critique for an independent study course on Problem Films of the 1970s i looked into Devine's book again, and found that a 1968 film (Targets by Peter Bogdonovich) fits the profile of a deranged Vietnam Veteran flick. I never stop learning from this guy!! As a film studies/history student, this book is considered by me to be one of the very best. I strongly reccomend it!
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