Hollywood Enlists!: Propaganda Films of World War II

By Ralph Donald

Book Overview

This book explores how the Hollywood studios used sophisticated strategies of propaganda to ideologically unite the country during WWII. Through such films as Casablanca, They Were Expendable, and others, the studios appealed to the public's sense of nationalism, demonized the enemy, and stressed that wartime sacrifices would result in triumph.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442277262
• ISBN13: 9781442277267
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"