Saving the Security State Exceptional Citizens in Twenty-First-Century America

"[Grewal] expertly demonstrates how, whether via militarism or humanitarianism, with both always racialized, the exceptional citizen labors to uphold US empire and the exceptionalism that justifies and rationalizes it." - Jennifer Kelly (Radical History Review) "In this book, Grewal captures-through her multidisciplinary engagement with the key features of early twenty-first-century American political life-something important and troubling about the odd state of affairs in which we find ourselves here in the post-9/11 digital age. . . . This is a bold, brave, and forthright book." - Tina Fernandes Botts (Hypatia Reviews Online) "[This book] deserves to find its way onto the reading lists of university departments for a variety of subjects. . . a tour de force." - Columba Achilleos-Sarll (International Feminist Journal of Politics) "This book is a carefully crafted volume, with most impressive documentation, a critical contribution that explains the pervasiveness of the 'security mom' and its complement, a fascist near-future." - Daniel Zirker (Australasian Journal of American Studies) "Saving the Security State is a fascinating, nuanced study of a topic that possesses an enormous amount of importance in contemporary society. ... Grewal's focus on exceptional citizenship and American imperialisms at home and abroad make[s] this book exceptional." - Joseph Michael Gratale (European Journal of American Culture)