Jennifer Greenburg is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Sheffield. Follow her on X @jennygreenburg.

At War with Women examines how the US military, following 9/11, linked counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq to development that targeted the household(Choice) At War with Women sheds light on several under-researched aspects of teh post-9/11 imperial wars in relation to gender, humanitarianism, and counter-insurgency. The book is empirically and methodologically rich, and it will be of interest to audiences interested in war, genderstudies, and decolonial approaches.(International Affairs)

• Introduction1. Doctrinal Turning Points in the New Imperial Wars2. The "Social Work" of War: Techniques and Struggles to Remake Military Labor3. Colonial "Lessons Learned": The Contemporary Soldier Becomes the Historical Colonizer4. Soothing Occupation: Gender and the Strategic Deployment of Emotional Labor5. A New Imperial Feminism: Color-Blind Racism and the Special Operation of Women's RightsConclusion

Jennifer Greenburg is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Sheffield. Follow her on X @jennygreenburg.

At War with Women examines how the US military, following 9/11, linked counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq to development that targeted the household(Choice) At War with Women sheds light on several under-researched aspects of teh post-9/11 imperial wars in relation to gender, humanitarianism, and counter-insurgency. The book is empirically and methodologically rich, and it will be of interest to audiences interested in war, genderstudies, and decolonial approaches.(International Affairs)

• Introduction1. Doctrinal Turning Points in the New Imperial Wars2. The "Social Work" of War: Techniques and Struggles to Remake Military Labor3. Colonial "Lessons Learned": The Contemporary Soldier Becomes the Historical Colonizer4. Soothing Occupation: Gender and the Strategic Deployment of Emotional Labor5. A New Imperial Feminism: Color-Blind Racism and the Special Operation of Women's RightsConclusion

Jennifer Greenburg is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Sheffield. Follow her on X @jennygreenburg.

At War with Women examines how the US military, following 9/11, linked counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq to development that targeted the household(Choice) At War with Women sheds light on several under-researched aspects of teh post-9/11 imperial wars in relation to gender, humanitarianism, and counter-insurgency. The book is empirically and methodologically rich, and it will be of interest to audiences interested in war, genderstudies, and decolonial approaches.(International Affairs)

• Introduction1. Doctrinal Turning Points in the New Imperial Wars2. The "Social Work" of War: Techniques and Struggles to Remake Military Labor3. Colonial "Lessons Learned": The Contemporary Soldier Becomes the Historical Colonizer4. Soothing Occupation: Gender and the Strategic Deployment of Emotional Labor5. A New Imperial Feminism: Color-Blind Racism and the Special Operation of Women's RightsConclusion