Fort Apache (hostile place) explained

Fort Apache is, metaphorically, a building, complex, or defensive site providing shelter from hostile action in the form of crime (in police and crime drama) or native insurrection or enemy attack (in John Ford movies).^[1]

The metaphor is used by military and police to refer to a post which is beset or besieged. Recent examples may be found in Afghanistan and Iraq.^[2] Another example is "Fort Apache, The Bronx", a name used in the past for the NYPD's 41st Precinct Station House at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx and the 1981 movie named for it.^[3]

See also

• Fort Apache (1948 John Ford film)
• Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981 film)

Notes and References

1. 1225023. "All I Can See Is the Flags": "Fort Apache" and the Visibility of History . Cinema Journal. Poague . Leland . 1988 . 27 . 2 . 8–26 . 10.2307/1225023 .
2. Web site: Fort Apache, Afghanistan. Winds of Change. December 26, 2007 .
3. News: Pulling Out of Fort Apache, the Bronx; New 41st Precinct Station House Leaves Behind Symbol of Community's Past Troubles. June 23, 1993. The New York Times. He stretched his memory back 25 years to his days as a rookie patrolman in the 41st Precinct, whose station house was known from here to Hollywood as Fort Apache, a solitary outpost in a neighborhood of death and decay and gangs with grandiosely macabre names.. December 26, 2007. Ian. Fisher.