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- Title
"Go West and Turn Right".
- Authors
McClure, Daniel Robert
- Abstract
The article discusses what the author refers to as the Vietnam Trilogy of films and documentaries that featured U.S. actor John Wayne. It examines Wayne's roles in the films "A Nation Builds under Fire," "The Green Berets," and "No Substitute For Victory." According to the article, Wayne teamed with the U.S. Armed Forces in such films in order to support U.S. efforts during the Vietnam War. The article discusses Wayne's acting in movies portraying the U.S. frontier, his association with the U.S. government, and the concept of neoliberalism in the Vietnam Trilogy.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WAYNE, John, 1907-1979; NEOLIBERALISM; VIETNAM War, 1961-1975; MOTION picture industry; GREEN Berets, The (Film); NATION Builds Under Fire, A (Film); NO Substitute for Victory (Film); 20TH century United States armed forces; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY of the motion picture industry
- Publication
Journal of the West, 2013, Vol 52, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
0022-5169
- Publication type
Article