The re-enchantment of war in popular culture

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 937-949

  Behnke, Andreas ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748901709     PISSN: 03058298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03058298060340030601     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Christopher Coker, Waging War without Warriors? The Changing Culture of Military Conflict (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2002), 32-8.
2. Black Hawk Down, dir. Ridley Scott (Columbia Pictures, 2001).
3. Mark Bowden, Black Hawk Down (London: Bantam Press, 1999).
4. Ibid., 76.
5. Tears of the Sun, dir. Antoine Fuqua (Columbia Pictures, 2003).
6. This transformation is also symbolised by the vanishing of the face camouflage the SEALs were wearing in the beginning of the movie, making them barely distinguishable. Over time, the camouflage wears off, revealing the individuality of the soldiers.
7. In the films investigated here such limits are self-imposed through the constraints of 'politics' and 'orders'.