Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: The Cinema of Empire 1. Towards a Definition of the Cinema of Empire 2. The Ideology of Empire 3. Literature of Empire 4. Myths and Myth-Figures 5. The Old School Tie 6. The Imperial Archetype 7. The Importance of Being English 8. The White Man’s Burden 9. The Gods of Empire 10. Officers and Other Ranks 11. The Naval Tradition 12. East is East and West is West… 13. …and Never the Twain Shall Meet Part 2: The Cinema of Populism 14. The Ideology of Populism 15. Frank Capra: The Classic Populist 16. Leo McCarey: The Fantasy of Goodwill 17. John Ford: The Folk Memory Part 3: The Cinema of National Socialism 18. The Ideology of National Socialism 19. Leni Riefenstahl – The Documentary and Myth 20. Nazi Feature Films: Themes and Archetypes 21. Nazi Feature Films 2: Discipline, Comradeship and Fatherland 22. The Eternal Jew and Perfidious Albion. Conclusions. Appendix: Filmographies. Select Bibliography. General Index. Index of Film Titles

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Jeffrey Richards