Doherty is also an associate editor for the film magazine Cineaste and film review editor for the Journal of American History. His usual day job is as a professor of American Studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, known as the Watch City because of its famous timepiece factory.
Thomas Doherty is a cultural historian with a special interest in Hollywood cinema. He explains the social, political and economic forces that created genre classics such as "Mrs Miniver" and "Air Force" as well as comedies, musicals, newsreels, documentaries, cartoons and army training films. Doherty proves that war-time Hollywood was not a rigidly controlled propaganda machine, as is often assumed, but an ad-hoc collaborative effort between the government and the film industry. He reveals how and why Hollywood marshalled its artistic resources on behalf of the war effort, giving a voice to many different groups' viewpoints: the motion picture industry itself government agencies and audiences at home and overseas. In this cultural history of the USA during World War II, Thomas Doherty examines the interaction between Hollywood cinema and America's involvement in the war. (In this cultural history of the USA during World War II. Vel must face the horror not only of Hope's past, but of its future.Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture and World War II Harsh snowdrifts bury the dead, loyalties have become strained. But what is the link between Blakes-a cold-blooded mass murderer from the future-and the conflict devastating Hope? A late-twenty-first-century future controlled by a brilliant but ruthless terrorist known only as Blakes. What Vel finds instead is a powerful kind of computer-based portal into the future. The only hope is a cache of food reportedly stockpiled by the mysterious Frill in the abandoned ruins south of the city.Īgainst the backdrop of social and political anarchy and widespread starvation, Vel must make the dangerous journey to the ruins and make contact-and come to terms with-the Frill.
In the midst of shifting alliances, Vel relies on Lord Denon and General Wunic-his military adviser-to help him end the conflict. Pounded by an unrelenting winter and faced with diminishing food supplies, the city of Hope is carved into a battleground. Counseled by Lord Denon, the leader of the Church, Vel, the new and very reluctant young king, has unintentionally prompted a bloody civil war. For the city of Hope, stability is a memory.
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