In Secrecy's Shadow : : The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941-1979 /

In Secrecy's Shadow : : The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941-1979 / / Simon Willmetts.

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A comprehensive, archivally researched history of the CIA and Hollywood cinemaDuring the Second World War hundreds of Hollywood filmmakers under the command of the legendary director John Ford enlisted in the OSS to produce training, reconnaissance and propaganda films. This wartime bond continued i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Willmetts, Simon,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Traditions in American Cinema : TAC
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 20 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Facts of War: Cinematic Intelligence and the Office of Strategic Services
  • 2. 'What is Past is Prologue': Hollywood's History of the OSS and the Establishment of the CIA
  • 3. Quiet Americans: The CIA and Hollywood in the Early Cold War
  • 4. The Death of the 'Big Lie' and the Emergence of Postmodern Incredulity in the Spy Cinema of the 1960s
  • 5. Secrecy, Conspiracy, Cinema and the CIA in the 1970s
  • Conclusion
  • Select Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Film and TV Index
  • General Index

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