CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The U.S. Film Industry and the Coming of War. 1914-1917 -- 2 The Films of World War I, 1917-1918 -- 3 Programming Theaters and Exhibiting Movies in Wartime -- 4 The Film Industry and Government Propaganda on the Homefront -- 5 The U.S. Film Industry at the End of World War I -- 6 The War Film in the 1920s -- 7 Conclusion: Practical Patriotism -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.