Martin Barker was a British scholar of media and cultural studies. He was Emeritus Professor at Aberystwyth University. Over the course of his career he has written or co-edited fifteen books, including A 'Toxic Genre' and From Antz to Titanic. He was known for being one of the pioneers behind the concept of cultural racism, which he termed 'new racism'.

'A critical, multidimensional analysis of how film culture deals with war and politics. Clearly written, broadly informed, and engagingly insightful'

• Acknowledgements1. The disappearing Iraq war films2. No True Glory: the film that never was3. Constructing an ‘Iraq war experience’4. From Doughboys to Grunts: the ‘American soldier’5. Understanding film ‘failures’6. Bringing the war home7. Explaining the Iraq war8. Producing a ‘toxic genre’9. Free-riders and outliers10. Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes11. The Hurt Locker and beyond NotesBibliographyIndex

Martin Barker was a British scholar of media and cultural studies. He was Emeritus Professor at Aberystwyth University. Over the course of his career he has written or co-edited fifteen books, including A 'Toxic Genre' and From Antz to Titanic. He was known for being one of the pioneers behind the concept of cultural racism, which he termed 'new racism'.

'A critical, multidimensional analysis of how film culture deals with war and politics. Clearly written, broadly informed, and engagingly insightful'

• Acknowledgements1. The disappearing Iraq war films2. No True Glory: the film that never was3. Constructing an ‘Iraq war experience’4. From Doughboys to Grunts: the ‘American soldier’5. Understanding film ‘failures’6. Bringing the war home7. Explaining the Iraq war8. Producing a ‘toxic genre’9. Free-riders and outliers10. Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes11. The Hurt Locker and beyond NotesBibliographyIndex