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Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defense and Subversion book cover

1st Edition

Hollywood and the CIA Cinema, Defense and Subversion

By Oliver Boyd Barrett, David Herrera, James Baumann Copyright 2011
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge
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This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.S. military/defense interests and U.S. foreign policy. As probably the best known of the many different intelligence agencies of the US, the CIA is an exceptionally well known national and international icon or even "brand," one that exercises a... Read more

1. Hollywood and the CIA: "A Bunch of Seedy, Squalid Bastards"  2. The 1960s: In the Shadows  3. The 1970s: "There are no more secrets"  4. The 1980s: "We’ve wiped out entire cultures! And for what?"  5. The 1990s: Black Ops Meet Terror  6. The 2000s: History Interrupted  7. Conclusion: Once upon a time in Hollywood

Biography

Oliver Boyd-Barrett is Professor of Journalism at Bowling Green State University, and author/editor of 20 books and over 120 scholarly articles.

David Herrera is a graduate student at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, MO. He worked as a Web Producer at the Detroit Free Press after graduating from Bowling Green State University where he studied journalism and popular culture.

Jim Baumann is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Department at St. Ambrose University. He received his PhD from the School of Communication Studies at Bowling Green State University.

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