The US and Great Britain enjoy a special relationship goes way beyond the cooperation of elite figures in foreign affairs. This relationship is underpinned by a shared political culture that has shaped how millions of Britons and Americans imagine their national histories.
Leading from the Back Row explores how our most iconic leaders have been depicted on screen, from silent movies through to present-day Hollywood, and from Lincoln and Disraeli to Bush and Blair, by way of Churchill, Kennedy, Nixon and Thatcher.
Cinema and television have played a decisive role in shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic have imagined their pasts and present. Yet, the relationship between truth and its dramatisation is not straightforward. Biopics tell selective tales about their subjects' lives, which say as much about the times in which they were fashioned as they do about the protagonists themselves.
This book analyses how transatlantic democracy's most significant leaders have been represented, in turn revealing truths and legends about ourselves, our histories and our politics.
- ISBN13 9781785901058
- Publish Date 15 May 2018
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Biteback Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English