16 January 2006

Badda bing, badda boom

I have no idea what the words above mean, but I recognise them vaguely as coming from some contemporary American popular culture - a TV or film, I imagine. But I've long had a pet theory that recent - in fact everything after Korea - US military history is informed by the rise of Hollywood and that American servicemen and women have increasingly seen war, and their role in it, through this prism. And since the rise of video/computer games, those too. Which is why some elements in this review of recent books by returned US servicemen and women don't surprise me.

1 comment:

Rex said...

Hi Phil,

Thanks for dropping by LF. I'm trying to get the link back working when you comment over there. Hopefully soon. Sorry 'bout that.

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