The human experience of war is not only remembered by societies through memorials but also
through the depiction of wars and important battles of respective national histories on screen.
Very often the image presented is related to existent semiotics and the respective sign
systems determine the image of heroic actions and violence on the screen. The present volume
provides a deeper insight into the forces at play when war films are presented on the big
screen and intends to show why and how violent conflicts often have an afterlife as visual
media as well.
