Revisiting the First Cold War

Marking the sixtieth anniversary of the premiere of Zulu, starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine, this volume brings together contributions from leading military historians to analyse changing depictions of the British Army and its role in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century colonial conflict in the cinema of empire. The first comprehensive study of the British Empire in film for over 20 years, the book's focus on feature films rather than documentaries sets it apart from other scholarly treatments. Chapters explore early re-enactments in the silent era, classic Hollywood and British imperial adventure in the 1930s such as Charge of the Light Brigade, Gunga Din, and Korda's The Four Feathers, before moving on to the beginnings of more nuanced treatments in the 1960s such as Zulu and Khartoum amid increasing decolonisation, and then to contemporary post-imperial cinematic critiques in Afrikaner, Hindi and Maori-language films.A comprehensive filmography is included, with over 160 cinema and television films relating to the British Army's role in colonial conflicts prior to 1939. The book will be valuable to students and lecturers in film studies, military history, imperial history and cultural history, as well as a wider audience interested in military history and cinema.

Aiden Warren is Professor at the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University in Melbourne, and Theme Leader (National Security) at the Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CCSRI). He is a Fulbright Scholar and has spent extensive time in Washington DC completing fellowships at the James Martin Center of Non-proliferation, the Arms Control Association (ACA), and Institute for International Science and Technology Policy (IISTP) at George Washington University. Professor Warren is the author of US Foreign Policy and China: Security Challenges Across the Bush, Obama and Trump Administrations (2021), Understanding Presidential Doctrines (2022), and Global Security Crisis in an Age of Crisis (2024). Joseph M. Siracusa is Professor and Inaugural Dean of Global Futures, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Australia, and President Emeritus of Australia's Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. A veteran historian, he is known internationally for his writings on the history of nuclear weapons, diplomacy, and global security. He is the author of numerous books, including, Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction (3rd edn, 2020), and Presidential Doctrines: U. S. National Security from George Washington to Joe Biden (2022).