war films

In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...
The post ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis first appeared on Spy Culture.

Rambo: First Blood and Commando are almost twin movies, both centring on a highly skilled military veteran on some sort...

Rambo: First Blood and Commando are almost twin movies, both centring on a highly skilled military veteran on some sort...
The post Why did the Pentagon Reject Rambo, But Were Willing to Work on Commando? first appeared on Spy Culture.

The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, in recognition for...

The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, in recognition for...
The post Rape, Murder, Drugs and Racism: Why the Pentagon Rejected Platoon first appeared on Spy Culture.

Pearl Harbor (2001) is the perfect example of how to spend a lot of money making a terrible film.  Beset...

Pearl Harbor (2001) is the perfect example of how to spend a lot of money making a terrible film.  Beset...
The post ‘Navy nurses were proper ladies and proper ladies did not get “horny” in 1941’ – DOD File on Pearl Harbor first appeared on Spy Culture.

The latest of several FOIA releases on the film series The Long Road Home includes some of the military’s script...

Good Morning, Vietnam is perhaps the most popular Vietnam war film ever made.  Loosely based on the real life experiences...