Watching the Same Movie About American War for 75 Years

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By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch

American Sniper, which started out with the celebratory tagline “the most lethal sniper in U.S. history” and now has the tagline “the most successful war movie of all time,” is just the latest in a long line of films that have kept Americans on their war game.

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