Hollywood Westerns and American Myth : The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Red River and the Right to Rule -- 3. Who Cares Who Shot Liberty Valance? The Heroic and the Prosaic in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- 4. Politics and Self-Knowledge in The Searchers -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Color plates.