Saving the Security State

"[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