American Militarism on the Small Screen

<p><strong>Anna Froula</strong> is Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Department of English at East Carolina University, USA</p><p><strong>Stacy Takacs</strong> is Associate Professor and Director of American Studies at Oklahoma State University, USA</p> <p>Preface Introduction <b>Part 1: World War II on the Small Screen </b>1. "Bilko’s Bombers": Anti-Militarism in the Era of the "New Look" <i>Lisa Mundey </i>2. The Long Fight: <i>Combat!</i> and the Generic Development of the TV War Drama Series <i>David Pierson </i>3. <i>Twelve O’Clock High</i> and American Airpower: 1949-1967 <i>Sam Edwards </i>4. Nervous Laughter: Hogan’s Heroes and the Vietnam War <i>Robert Shandley </i>5. <i>Baa Baa Black Sheep </i>and the Last Stand of the WWII Drama <i>A. Bowdoin Van Riper </i>6. A Waltz with & for the Greatest Generation: Music in <i>Band of Brothers Todd Decker </i><i> </i><strong>Part 2: Korea and Vietnam on the Small Screen</strong> 7. The American Forces Korea Network: "Bringing Troops a Touch of Home" <em>Sue-Young Park-Primiano</em> 8. "Everybody Here is Crazy": Images of the Disabled on Television’s <em>M*A*S*H Kelly Brown </em>9. Drinking the War Away: Televisual Insobriety and the Meanings of Alcohol in <i>M*A*S*H David Scott Diffrient </i>10. Small-Screen Insurgency: Entertainment Television, The Vietnamese Revolution, and The Cold War, 1953-1967 <i>Scott Laderman </i>11. <i>China Beach</i> and the Good Series Death <i>Christine Becker </i><b>Part 3: Contemporary Conflicts on the Small Screen </b>12. Imagining the New Military of the 1990’s in <i>Babylon 5</i>’s<i> </i>Future Wars <em>Kathleen Kennedy</em> 13. <i>JAG, </i>Melodrama and Militarism <i>Stacy Takacs </i>14. Political Amnesia Over Here and Imperial Spectacle <i>Over There</i> <i>Anna Froula </i>15. <i>Generation Kill </i>and the New Screen Combat <i><i>Magdalena Yüksel and Colleen Kennedy-Karpat </i></i>16. "Don’t Ask, Don't Tell" and its Repeal in Showtime’s <i>The L Word</i> and Lifetime's <i>Army Wives </i><i>Liora Ellis</i></p>