Westerns, U.S. History, and the cold War -- 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 Nostalgin and the Road to Veetnam : Lonely are the Brave, Ride the High Country, and the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1. Cold war in motion pictures
2. Westem films -- United States -- History and criticism