| Description |
335 p. : ill., ports ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Notes: p. 299-318. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Framing the debade. Introduction / Robert Brent Toplin ; Oliver Stone as historian / Robert A. Rosenstone ; Stone on Stone's image (as presented by some historians) Oliver Stone ; A sacred mission: Oliver Stone and Vietnam / Randy Roberts and David Welky -- Pt. 2. The films. Salvador / Walter LaFeber ; Platoon / David Halberstam -- Wall Street / Martin S. Fridson ; New left, revisionist, in-your-face history: Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July experience / Jack E. Davis ; The lizard king or fake hero? Oliver Stone, Jim Morrison, and history / James R. Farr ; Oliver Stone, JFK, and history / Michael L. Kurtz ; Heaven and earth / Le Ly Hayslip ; Way cooler than Manson: Natural born killers / David T. Courtwright ; Nixon / Stephen E. Ambrose, George S. McGovern, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. -- Pt. 3. Stone responds. On seven films / Oliver Stone ; On Nixon and JFK / Oliver Stone. |
| Subject |
Stone, Oliver -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Added Author |
Toplin, Robert Brent, 1940-
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| ISBN |
0700610359 |
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