Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: U.S. Interventions in Film and Literature

1. Conceptualizing (War) Docu-Fictions

2. The First Gulf War

3. The Balkan War

4. The War on Terror, Part I: The Afghanistan War

5. The War on Terror, Part II: The Iraq War

Conclusion: Afterthoughts on War Docu-Fictions and New Trends in U.S. War Narratives