Hollywood and the Military Bureaucracy

<p> Through a century of movies the U.S. military held sway over war and service-oriented films. Influenced by the armed forces and their public relations units Hollywood presented moviegoers with images of a faultless American fighting machine led by heroic commanders.</p><p> This book examines this cooperation with detailed narratives of military blunders and unfit officers that were whitewashed to be presented in a more favorable light. Drawing on production files correspondence between bureaucrats and filmmakers and contemporary critical reviews the author reveals the behind-the-scenes political maneuvers that led to the rewriting of history on-screen.</p>