Cowboys, free markets, Wyatt Earp, and Thomas Dunson : My darling Clementine and Red River
Melodrama and the feminine means to empire : Duel in the sun, Pursued, and Fort Apache
Cold War westerns and the law of the gun : Broken arrow and The gunfighter
Korea, containment, and nationalism : High noon, Shane, and The searchers
Modernization theory, political discord, and intervention : Gunfight at the OK Corral, The magnificent seven, and The Alamo
Imperialist nostalgia and the road to Vietnam : Lonely are the brave, Ride the high country, and The man who shot Liberty Valance.
