{"product_id":"9781595587275","title":"An Army of Phantoms: American Movies and the Making of the Cold War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe film critic’s sweeping analysis of American cinema in the Cold War era is both “utterly compulsive reading [and] majestic” in its “breadth and rigor” (\u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Army of Phantoms\u003c\/i\u003e is a major work of film history and cultural criticism by leading film critic J. Hoberman. Tracing the dynamic interplay between politics and popular culture, Hoberman offers “the most detailed year-by-year look at Hollywood during the first decade of the Cold War ever published, one that takes film analysis beyond the screen and sets it in its larger political context” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e By “tell[ing] the story not just of what’s on the screen but of what played out behind it,” Hoberman demonstrates how the nation’s deep-seated fears and wishes were projected onto the big screen. In this far-reaching work of historical synthesis, Cecil B. DeMille rubs shoulders with Douglas MacArthur, atomic tests are shown on live TV, God talks on the radio, and Joe McCarthy is bracketed with Marilyn Monroe (\u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From cavalry Westerns to apocalyptic sci-fi flicks, and biblical spectaculars; from movies to media events, congressional hearings and political campaigns, \u003ci\u003eAn Army of Phantoms\u003c\/i\u003e “remind[s] you what criticism is supposed to be: revelatory, reflective and as rapturous as the artwork itself” (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An epic . . . alternately fevered and measured account of what might be called the primal scene of American cinema.” —\u003ci\u003eCineaste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “There’s something majestic about the reach of Hoberman’s ambitions, the breadth and rigor of his research, and especially the curatorial vision brought to historical data.” —\u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151221211376,"sku":"9781595587275","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595587275_p0.jpg?v=1769901718","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595587275","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}