Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The disappearing Iraq War Films -- 2. 'No True Glory': the film that never was -- 3. Constructing an 'Iraq war experience' -- 4. From Doughboys to Grunts: the 'American soldier' -- 5. Understanding film 'failures' -- 6. Bringing the war home -- 7. Explaining the Iraq War -- 8. Producing a 'Toxic Genre' -- 9. Free-riders and outliers -- 10. Latino Grunts: the new victim-heroes -- 11. 'The Hurt Locker' and beyond -- Notes -- References -- Index.