REFERENCE
"Video Hounds War Movies: Classic Conflict on Film"
By Mike Mayo with Forward by Dale Dye USMC (Retired)
This is supposed to be a movie guide, but when I started looking through it I was so fascinated that I read it cover-to-cover, just like a novel. But I have always been a great fan of war movies. This is an outstanding reference, the only one of its kind I have seen. I hope that the author will give us Volume II, which will include many other great movies not included. This book is comprehensive and LARGE, and I realize it would be difficult to put together a single source covering all the movies of this genre and also include the wealth of information on each move as included here. This book contains far more information than your usual movie guide. The book includes pictures, quotes, cast, story lines, historical background, and special salutes to outstanding actors and directors. The indices in the back are given by several categories, which make finding things fast and easy. Thanks to this book, I learned there are a few gems out there that I have missed! The book also gives recognition to outstanding overlooked films such as "When Trumpets Fade" and "The Boys in Company C", to name a few. If you want an excellent war movie reference guide: here it is! The author rates movies from one to four bones. I give it a five. Woof! Woof!
Reviewed by Kenneth S. Smith 30 September 1999
Ace Books
Berkley Publishing Company
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New York, NY 10016
