War Movies and Economics: Lessons from Hollywood's Adaptations of Military Conflict

War Movies and Economics: Lessons from Hollywood’s Adaptations of Military Conflict applies ongoing research in the relatively new genre of economics in popular media to Hollywood’s war movies. Whether inadvertently or purposefully, these movies provide numerous examples of how economic principles often play an important role in military conflict.

The authors of the chapters included in this edited collection work to illustrate economics lessons portrayed in adaptations such as Band of Broth...