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W.A.S.P. - WWII Women Pilots website
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National Museum of the U.S. Army [to open in 2013]
United Service Organizations aka 'The U.S.O.' [est. 1941]
National Veterans Foundation [est. 1985]

Working Minds : Things To Worry About : War & Peace

Wars  in  the  Middle  East

Early days yet, but there will be more films made about the
very different U.S. invasion & occupation of Iraq – and Iran could be next!

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Stopping George Dubya Bush
Baghdad News Service
Iraq Body Count website
Iraq Veterans Against The War [est. 7/2004]

'A Daily Briefing on Iran' blog

books on Middle East Politics at Working Minds website

online Iraq War Memorial

"Back  From  Iraq:  The  U.S.  Soldier  Speaks"
[independent documentary film July 2006]

Four courageous U.S. Soldiers returned from their tour of duty in Iraq provide eye witness accounts, perceptions of the war, and insights into media concerns about U.S. national security. Produced & directed by Nancy Fulton; starring Jimmy Massey, Patrick Resta, Jeff Key & Joseph Mahfouz 60-min. color DVD [7/2006] for $25.00 full credits from IMDb • distributor website • official movie site

"Body  of  War"  [Film Sales Co. April 2008]  

A documentary following an Iraq War veteran, paralyzed from a bullet to the spine, on a physical and emotional journey from soldier to anti-war activist. Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Phil Donahue & Ellen Spiro; featuring Tomas Young video/DVD not yet available • full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}

"The  Ground  Truth:  After  the  Killing  Ends"
[independent documentary film January 2006]

"The best film so far about the cost of war in Iraq." — Time Magazine, Sept 2006 Produced & directed by Patricia Foulkrod Universal color DVD [9/2006] for $9.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Independent  Intervention"
[Ground Productions documentary film 2006]

Challenges the corporate media’s presentation of war, with reports of the brutal realities in Iraq. Produced & directed by Tonje Hessen Schei; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Jim Hightower, Bill Moyers, Arundhati Roy, Howard Zinn & James Zogby color DVD available at official website {via PayPal} no listing at Internet Movie Database {5/2006}; official movie site

"Iraq  For  Sale:  The  War  Profiteers"
[Brave New Films Sept 2006]

Produced by Robert Greenwald Brave New Films color DVD [9/2006] for $12.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Jarhead" [2005]: full credits at IMDb • official website

"No  End  In  Sight"  [Magnolia July 2007]

Examines the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, the looting of Baghdad, the purge of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – that largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. Co-produced, written & directed by Charles Ferguson; narrated by Campbell Scott; won Special Jury Prize at Sundance; listed #7 on TIME Top Ten Best Movies of The Year (12/2007); Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature Magnolia widescreen color DVD [10/2007] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Redacted"  [HDnet Oct 2007]

"Truth is the first casualty of war": A fictional account of U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint in Iraq. Examines the way information is packaged, distributed & received, and the extreme disconnect between the surface of an image and the reality of ideas and the truth. Written & directed by Brian De Palma; starring Patrick Carroll, Rob Devaney, Izzy Diaz, Mike Figueroa, Ty Jones, Kel O'Neill, Daniel Stewart Sherman Magnolia widescreen color DVD [2/2008] for $19.99   full credits from IMDb • official movie site {Flash only}

"Rush  To  War:  Between  Iraq  &  A  Hard  Place"
[independent documentary video Oct 2004]

interviewees include Sen. George McGovern, Joe Wilson, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Scott Ritter, Gen. Anthony Zinni, Richard Clarke and columnists Robert Scheer & Molly Ivins Written & directed by Robert Taicher Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD [9/2007] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Stop-Loss"  [Paramount March 2008]  

A decorated U.S. Marine war hero back home in Texas from Iraq has a rough time settling back into civilian life, then is called back to duty. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Kimberly Peirce; starring Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Rob Brown, Victor Rasuk, Terry Quay, Matthew Scott Wilcox, Connett Brewer, Timothy Olyphant, Josef Sommer & Linda Emond color DVD from Amazon - click for email notification full credits from IMDb • official moviesite {Flash required}

"21  Days  To  Baghdad"
[National Geographic documentary video July 2003]

National Geographic color DVD [7/2003] for $17.99 minimal credits at IMDb

"Uncovered:  The  Whole  Truth  About  The  Iraq  War"
[Mirage Nov 2002; limited release Aug 2004]

Produced & directed by Robert Greenwald Cinema Libre color DVD [5/2005] for $13.46 Disinformation Co. color DVD [3/2004] for $9.95 full credits from IMDb • official movie website

"Wag The Dog"  [1997]: full credits at IMDb

"War  In  Iraq:  The  Road  To  Baghdad"
[CNN Presents June 2003]

WEA color DVD [7/2003] for $13.46 WEA color VHS [7/2003] for $9.45 no listing on IMDb; C.N.N. official movie site

"The  War  Tapes"
[independent documentary film June 2006]

"The first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves." Three National Guardsmen sent to Iraq were provided with video cameras; they captured candid and gut-wrenching footage of the camaraderie, humor, and brutal & terrifying experiences of their unforgettable journey. Directed by Deborah Scranton; won for Best Documentary at 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Docurama color DVD [5/2007] for $23.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

Been there, done that.

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"Apocalypse Now" [Zoetrope Aug 1979]

A movie like no other: Wild and weird, cuts to the bone about the madness of war. The 'making of' documentary details how the cast & crew likewise confronted madness, that of filming such a movie in the Phillipines: corruption, hurricanes, heat and sickness – and artistic obsession running amok.

	Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, script by John Milius, based a Joseph Conrad novel {below}; starring Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford & Frederic Forrest; won Oscars for Cinematography & Sound, nominated for Best Picture, Director, Script, Supporting Actor, Editing & Art Direction Paramount widescreen DVD [8/79] for $25.49 Paramount color VHS [5/2002] for $14.95 Paramount widescreen VHS [2/98] for $24.95 Elektra soundtrack CD [8/88] 2 disks out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Apocalypse Now" posters at AllPosters [dot] com "Apocalypse Dossier" DVD box set [2006] Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2006] 2 disks for $12.99
	"Apocalypse Now Redux" [15 August 2001] re-release with never-before-seen 49 minutes added Paramount VHS [11/2001] for $22.46 via Amazon.com "Redux" info at IMDb Miramax webpage
	"Heart of Darkness" [1899] by Joseph Conrad [1857-1924] paperback    |    thrift edition = 90¢    |    unabridged cassette online text from PageByPage Books online text from The English Server
	"Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" ['Making of..' documentary 1991] Paramount color VHS [5/94] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb

"Born On The Fourth of July" [1989]: full credits at IMDb

"Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry"
[2004 documentary]: full credits at IMDb

"The  Pentagon  Papers"
[Paramount tv special March 2003]

Daniel Ellsberg, an analyst for RAND Corp. and the U.S. government who supported the war in VietNam became disillusioned when he discovered classified Defense Dept. documents that detailed the deliberate fabrication of reasons to go to war in Southeast Asia. Convinced that the American people deserve to know the truth, he risked his career, his freedom, and even his life to expose the duplicity of the U.S. war machine. Directed by Rod Holcomb; script by Jason Horwitch; starring James Spader, Claire Forlani, Paul Giamatti, Alan Arkin, Kenneth Welsh, Maria del Mar, Sean McCann, James Downing, Richard Fitzpatrick & Jonas Chernick; script won WGA's Paul Selvin Honorary Award Paramount color DVD [2/2004] for $17.99 full credits at IMDb

"Oliver Stone's Platoon" [1986]: full credits at IMDb

"The  Quiet  American" [Mirage Nov 2002]

	Directed by Phillip Noyce; based on the novel by Grahame Green; starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser & Do Thi Hai Yen; listed AFI Best 10 Films of 2002; Oscar nomination for Best Actor (Caine) Miramax widescreen DVD [9/2004] for $17.39 Buena Vista color VHS [2/2004] for $14.99 Varese soundtrack CD [3/2003] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb
	based on the 1955 novel by Grahame Green Penguin Classics 8.4x5½ pb [9/2004] for $11.20 Penguin Classics pb [11/2002] for $10.40 Modern Library hardcover [10/92] for $10.47 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [2/2003] for $32.95 Blackstone UNABR audio [2/2003] for $19.77 M.B.A.P. ABR audio [10/2003] for $10.39 Blackstone audio [8/97] for $41.94

"The  Ugly  American" [Universal April 1963]

The hero of the novel is an ugly chicken farmer from Iowa; the movie looks at the causes of the VietNam war (filmed before the war began). Directed by George Englund; loosely based on the novel; starring Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle, Arthur Hill & Jocelyn Brando Universal widescreen color DVD [8/2003] for $12.99 Universal color VHS [10/92] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb

"The Ugly American" [1958 bestseller] by William J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [1/99] for $11.16 Fawcett pb [9/87] out of print/used Fawcett pb [1/85] out of print/used W.W. Norton hardcover [6/58] out of print/used

The Cold War
"Let us not be deceived: We are today in the midst of a cold war."
— financier Bernard M. Baruch
(in a speech at South Carolina's Capital Building, 16 April 1947)

	"Legacy of Ashes: The History of The C.I.A." [2007] by Tim Weiner listed #4 on TIME Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of The Year (12/2007) Doubleday 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2007] for $16.77 Blackstone UNABR CD-ROM narrated by Stefan Rudnicki [6/2007] for $29.67
	"Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film" [2001] by Jerome F. Shapiro Routledge 9x5¼ pb [11/2001] for $29.95 Routledge library 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2001] for $106.00 more info on the Atomic U.S.A. Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

"The Atomic Cafe" [1982]: full credits at IMDb

"The Bedford Incident" [1965]
Starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier & James MacArthur; full credits at IMDb

"Dr. Strangelove" [1964]
Co-written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott,
Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn & Slim Pickens; full credits at IMDb

"Fail Safe"
1962 film by Sidney Lumet: full credits at IMDb
2000 tv movie by Stephen Frears: full credits at IMDb

"The Hunt for Red October" [1990]: full credits at IMDb

"The Ipcress File" [1965]: full credits at IMDb

"The Looking Glass War" [1965]
Starring Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Pia Degermark & Susan George; full credits at IMDb

"The Manchurian Candidate"

1962 film by John Frankenheimer
full credits at IMDb; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)

2004 film by Jonathan Demme: full credits at IMDb

"The Missiles of October"

"Seven  Days  In  May"
[Paramount/Seven Arts Feb 1964]

After the U.S. President decides to sign a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviets, a Marine colonel discovers that the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs are plotting a coup d'etat to take over the government seven days hence. Directed by John Frankenheimer; script by Rod Serling, based on the novel {below}; starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam & Andrew Duggan Warner widescreen b&w DVD [5/2000] for $17.99 Warner b&w VHS [6/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

based on the 1962 novel by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II Bantam mass pb [6/79] out of print/used Weidenfeld & Nicolson mass pb [1/63] out of print/used Harper & Row hardcover [1/62] out of print/used

"The Spy Who Came In from the Cold" [1965]
full credits at IMDb

"Strategic Air Command" [1955]: full credits at IMDb
Directed by Anthony Mann; starring James Stewart & June Allyson

"Thirteen Days" [2000]: full credits at IMDb

"War Games" [M.G.M. 1983]: full credits at IMDb

America got whupped by the evil Chine'e.

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"The Coldest Winter: America and The Korean War" [2007] by David Halberstam Hyperion 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2007] for $20.99

"The Bridges at Toko-Ri" [1955]
Based on the James A. Michener novel; starring William Holden, Grace Kelly,
Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, Keiko Awaji & Earl Holliman
video or DVD • full credits at IMDb

"Fixed Bayonets!" [1951]
Written & directed by Samuel Fuller; video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb

"Inchon" [1981]
Starring Laurence Olivier {as Gen. Douglas MacArthur}, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshirô Mifune,
Richard Roundtree & David Janssen; video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb

"M*A*S*H" [1970]
Directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt,
Sally Kellerman, Gary Burghoff, Rene Auberjonois & Robert Duvall; full credits at IMDb

"Pork Chop Hill" [1959]
Directed by Lewis Milestone; starring Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino,
Rip Torn, George Peppard, Bob Steele & Woody Strode; full credits at IMDb

"Sayônara" [1957]
Directed by Joshua Logan; based on the book by James A. Michener: starring Marlon Brando,
James Garner, Miiko Taka, Miyoshi Umeki & Red Buttons; full credits at IMDb

"The Steel Helmet" [1953]
Written & directed by Samuel Fuller; video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb

World War II
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Miscellaneous Wars  &  Peacetime Military
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Collections  &  Docufilms

"The  Great  Fox  War  Movies" [2006]

Fox widescreen DVD set [12/2006] 6 disks + book for $80.99 includes "The Longest Day" [1962]; "Patton" [1970] {won 7 Oscars} starring George C. Scott; and "Tora! Tora! Tora!" [1970]; plus a hardcover companion book

"War  Made  Easy:  How  Presidents  &  Pundits
Keep  Spinning  Us  To  Death"  [indep May 2007]

Directed by Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp; narrated by Sean Penn, featuring Norman Solomon Disinformation widescreen color DVD [3/2008] for $14.99   full credits at IMDb • official movie site "War Made Easy" book [2005] by Norman Solomon Wiley & Sons 9x5½ pb [6/2006] for $10.17 Wiley & Sons 10¼x6¾ hardcover [6/2005] for $18.21

"War  and  Civilization:  Spanning  Over  3,000  Years
of  History"  [The Learning Channel mini-series airdate Aug 1998]

Directed by Stephen Trombley; hosted by Walter Cronkite Koch Vision color DVD set [9/2007] 3 disks for $35.99 full credits from IMDb

"Ultimate  War  Movie  DVD  Giftpack"  [2007]

M.G.M. color DVD box set [5/2007] 10 disks for $64.99 includes: Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" [1957]; "Run Silent, Run Deep" [1958] starring Gable & Lancaster; "Exodus" [1960]; "The Great Escape" [1963]; "633 Squadron" [1964]; "Zulu" [1964]; "The Devil's Brigade" [1968]; "The Battle of Britain" [1969]; Oliver Stone's "Platoon" [1986]; and "Flyboys" [2006]

"Why  We  Fight" [Sony/BBC/CBC documentary January 2006]

An examination of U.S. foreign policy and the importance of the military in American life since Eisenhower. Directed by Eugene Jarecki; won Best Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2005 EDI Video color DVD [8/2005] for $10.99 full credits from IMDb; official website

"Voices  In  Wartime" [indep March 2005]

Written & directed by Rick King; based on the WWI poems of Wilfred Owen Cinema Libre Studio color DVD [12/2005] for $21.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site companion book "Voices In Wartime: The Anthology" [2005] Edited by Andrew Himes Whit Press 9x7¼ pb [1/2005] for $17.95

"War  Classics  50  Movie  Pack"

Digital 1 Stop DVD [9/2004] 12 disks for $16.47 feature films include "The Adventures of Tartu", "The Avenger", "The Big Lift", "Blood On The Sun", "The Bushwackers", "Captain Scarlett", "The Devil’s Cavaliers", "Eagle In A Cage", "Escape From Angola", "Flying Blind", "Go For Broke", "Gung Ho", "Hell In Normandy", "Kansas Pacific", "The Last Chance", "The Mark of The Hawk", "The Proud and The Damned", "This Is The Army", "Three Came Home", "The Torch", "War Head" & "Yellowneck"; featured actors include Richard Arlen, James Cagney, Montgomery Clift, Claudette Colbert, Chuck Connors, Robert Donat, Sir John Gielgud, Paulette Goddard, Richard Greene, Sterling Hayden, John Ireland, David Janssen, Van Johnson, Sidney Poitier, Ronald Reagan, Steve Reeves & Randolph Scott; plus 28 documentaries including "The Memphis Belle"

"The  Power  of  Nightmares:
The  Rise  of  The  Politics  of  Fear"
[BBC2 documentary Aug 2004]

Written & directed by Adam Curtis; won Best Documentary awards from B.A.F.T.A., D.G.G.B. & R.T.V.S. BN Publng CD-ROM [9/2005] for $19.99 BN Publng video CD-ROM [11/2005] for $19.95 feature DVD [11/2005] for $39.99 full credits at IMDb; B.B.C. News webpage

"Cinema  Combat:  Hollywood  Goes  To  War" [1998 TV]

Directed by Edith Becker; narrated by Martin Sheen Image Ent. DVD [5/2000] for $22.49 full credits from IMDb

Books  About  War  Films

	"Hollywood and War: The Film Reader" [2006] Edited by J. David Slocum Routledge 9x6 pb [10/2006] for $33.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $125.00
	"The Hollywood War Machine: U.S. Militarism & Popular Culture" [2006] by Carl Boggs & Tom Pollard Paradigm pb [9/2006] for $16.47 Paradigm hardcover [9/2006] for $60.00 publisher book page
	"The War Film" [2004] Edited by Robert Eberwein Rutgers Univ Press 10x7 pb [11/2004] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press 10¼x7¼ hardcover [11/2004] for $62.00
	"Operation Hollywood: How The Pentagon Shapes & Censors The Movies" [2004] by David L. Robb Prometheus 9½x6*frac12 hardcover [4/2004] for $17.64
	"War Movies: The Belle & Blade Guide To Classic War Videos" [2004] by Gary Freitas Robert D. Reed Publrs 9x6¼ pb [1/2004] for $0.00
	"The Encyclopedia of War Movies: A Complete Guide To Movies About Wars of The 20th Century" [2003] by Robert R. Davenport Checkmark 10¾x8½ pb [10/2003] for $16.97 Facts on File 11½x8½ hardcover [2/2004] for $75.00
	"Time Goes to War" package [2002] from the Editors of Time Magazine includes book, Time 22 Dec 1941 issue reprint & 28-issues of Time Time Inc. 13x11¼ hardcover [11/2002] for $19.77
	"The Power and The Glory: An Illustrated History of The U.S. Military" [2002] from the Editors of Life Magazine Life Magazine 11¼x9 hardcover [9/2002] for $19.95
	"War Movie Posters: Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters" [2001] by Bruce Hershenson self-published 11x8¾ pb [1/2001] for $13.60
	"Brassey's Guide To War Films" [2000] by Alun Evans Potomoc Books 12x9 pb [7/2000] for $12.21
	"Celluloid Wars: A Guide To Film & The American Experience of War" [1992] by Frank J. Wetta & Stephen J. Curley Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/92] for $89.95
	"Hollywood Goes To War: How Politics, Profits & Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies" [1988] by Clayton R. Koppes & Gregory D. Black Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [9/90] for $24.95 I.B. Tauris hardcover [8/2000] out of print/rare I.B. Tauris hardcover [1/88] out of print/used
	"Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945" [1987] by Michael S. Shull & David E. Wilt McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [4/2004] for $38.50 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [10/87] out of print/used
	"The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of A Genre" [1986] by Jeanine Basinger, with Jeremy Arnold Wesleyan Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $16.47 Columbia Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/86] out of print/used
	"The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film" [1985] by Bernard F. Dick Univ Press of KY 9x6 pb [12/96] for $22.00 Univ Press of KY 9¾x6½ hardcover [8/85] out of print/used

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