Coming home: veteran readjustment, postwar conformity and American film narratives, 1945-1948

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Coming home: veteran readjustment, postwar conformity and American film narratives, 1945-1948

The aftermath of World War II witnessed large-scale military demobilisation and. in its wake, a vast influx of returning servicemen. Their homecoming signalled a transition from military to civilian life which was often described as 'readjustment.' The term is usually taken to imply a proc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brookes, Ian
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Vietnam war war veterans film narratives United States cinema
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28846/

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