About the Author -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I: THE BACKDROP -- 1. Imagining America: US Influence and American Mythology in Post-War Italy -- 2. A Marxist's Gotta Do What a Marxist's Gotta Do: National Identity and Political Violence on the Italian Frontier -- PART II: THE FILMS -- 3. Go West, Comrade! Defining the Absolute Enemy -- 4. Violent Mexico: 'Crossing the Border' into Armed Insurgency -- PART III: THE LEGACY -- 5. Revolutionising Violence: Radical Translation and Postmodern Residues in US Cinema -- 6. Along the Radical Spectrum -- APPENDICES -- A. Highest Grossing Italian Westerns, 1962-1980 (Domestic Prima Visione Box-office Returns) -- B. Italian Western Releases in Italy, 1962-1980 -- C. Italian Western Releases in the USA, 1962-1980 -- D. Corpus of US and UK Reviews of Fifty Italian Westerns, 1965-1977 -- Notes -- Bibliography.