Download or read book The Moguls and the Dictators written by Associate Professor David Welky, PH.D. and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This author's analytical approach will be appreciated by historians as well as film buffs. He examines Hollywood's response to the rise of fascism and the beginning of the Second World War. Welky traces the shifting motivations and arguments of the film industry, politicians, and the public as they negotiated how or whether the silver screen would portray certain wartime attributes.