Readings
The readings listed on the syllabus are drawn from Richard Goff, Walter G. Moss, Janice Terry, Jiu-Hwa Upshur, and Michael Schroeder, The Twentieth Century and Beyond: A Global History, 7th ed. (NY: McGraw-Hill. 2007; ISBN-10: 0-07-320692-X; ISBN-13: 978-0073206929.).
Supplementary information is available on the class website: links to information pages for each film, to information pages for each war, to film terminology, and to handouts on how to "read" films and wars. Class powerpoints will be added to the syllabus on the website, where relevant.
RECOMMENDED is James Monaco, How To Read a Film: Book (3rd ed.) and DVD-ROM (Harbor Electronic Publishing; 2000) Mike Mayo. Videohound's War Movies: Classic Conflict on Film (Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 1999 Alun Evans. Brassey's Guide to War Films (Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2000)