that-in the words of Jon Voight’s President Franklin Delano Roosevelt-the U.S.

that-in the words of Josh Hartnett’s Danny Walker during the attack-“I think World War II just started” and.that in 1941 in the Territory of Hawaii there were so few Asians.For me, Pearl Harbor’s most damaging specific historical errors are the following: As with the made-for-TV feature Shogun in the 1970s, we who teach Asia will be dealing for years with students for whom Pearl Harbor is part of their prior education. Had to keep her screws turning to keep Arizona‘s fires away.“ shattered Arizona, her flag still flying. Saving Private Ryan is blockbuster exhibit #1, with Tom Brokaw’s best-selling book Greatest Generation in a support role, and the monument soon to appear on the Mall in Washington, D. (Not, of course, that either our textbooks or our classrooms are less suspect than Hollywood and the media!) Over the past several years, much of the Hollywood/media focus has been World War II. Still, we know that many Americans, both children and adults, learn their history more from Hollywood and the other media than from textbooks or from our classrooms.

innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.” -Graham Greene, The Quiet American (1955) Hollywood has as its goal entertainment, not education.

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