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Author Greenburg, Jennifer, 1983- author

Title At war with women : military humanitarianism and imperial feminism in an era of permanent war / Jennifer Greenburg
Published Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : illustrations
Contents Doctrinal Turning Points in the New Imperial Wars -- The "Social Work" of War : Techniques and Struggles to Remake Military Labor -- Colonial "Lessons Learned" : The Contemporary Soldier Becomes the Historical Colonizer -- Soothing Occupation : Gender and the Strategic Deployment of Emotional Labor -- A New Imperial Feminism : Color-Blind Racism and the Special Operation of Women's Rights
Summary "This book examines the role of gender, international development, and history in the post-9/11 wars. It includes ethnography of counterinsurgency training, interviews with female soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and analysis of colonial and Cold War histories used to create military doctrine during the war on terror"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 26, 2023)
Subject Women soldiers -- Government policy -- United States
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Participation, Female
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Participation, Female
Counterinsurgency -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century
Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century
Sex role -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Imperialism -- Social aspects
Women -- Armed Forces -- United States -- History -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Armed Forces -- Women
Counterinsurgency
Imperialism -- Social aspects
Military participation -- Female
Military policy
Military policy -- Social aspects
Sex role
SUBJECT United States -- Military policy -- Social aspects
United States -- Military policy -- 21st century
Subject Afghanistan
Iraq
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022012867
ISBN 9781501767760
1501767763
9781501767753
1501767755