Adam Moore is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Peacebuilding in Practice. Follow him on X @ConflictGeo.

• 1. Military Contracting, Foreign Workers, and WarPart 1: Histories2. From Camp Followers to a Global Army of Labor3. Colonial Legacies and Labor Export4. The Wages of Peace and WarPart 2: Routes5. Supplying War6. Assembling a Transnational Workforce7. Dark RoutesPart 3: Base Life8. Activism9. Relations10. Home11. Empire's Labor

Adam Moore has undertaken detailed research, including interviews with workers, to explore the labor force buttressing the U.S. military. He traces patterns of recruitment, finds evidence of exploitative and discriminatory labor practices, and explores how the military's recruitment of legions of workers affects their countries of origin.(Foreign Affairs) Empire's Labor inverts the story commonly told about private military companies in the 21st century. The book presents a provocative argument that is supported by original research including interviews with the people who fill these jobs and analysis of contracts and other relevant documents. It is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the transnational market for force that relies upon an additional private market.(ILR Review) Moore's book also opens a space for geographers to intervene in the intellectual project of building a more explicitly spatial theory of empire: one that foregrounds how empire-building has historically been grounded in the geographical management of bodies, populations, and circulations, not only at the "macroscales of policy and strategy", but also in the intimate spaces of everyday life. Moore's work, I think, presents a compelling case for why it is essential for geographers to be in conversation with such debates.(Society + Space)

Adam Moore is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Peacebuilding in Practice. Follow him on X @ConflictGeo.

• 1. Military Contracting, Foreign Workers, and WarPart 1: Histories2. From Camp Followers to a Global Army of Labor3. Colonial Legacies and Labor Export4. The Wages of Peace and WarPart 2: Routes5. Supplying War6. Assembling a Transnational Workforce7. Dark RoutesPart 3: Base Life8. Activism9. Relations10. Home11. Empire's Labor

Adam Moore has undertaken detailed research, including interviews with workers, to explore the labor force buttressing the U.S. military. He traces patterns of recruitment, finds evidence of exploitative and discriminatory labor practices, and explores how the military's recruitment of legions of workers affects their countries of origin.(Foreign Affairs) Empire's Labor inverts the story commonly told about private military companies in the 21st century. The book presents a provocative argument that is supported by original research including interviews with the people who fill these jobs and analysis of contracts and other relevant documents. It is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the transnational market for force that relies upon an additional private market.(ILR Review) Moore's book also opens a space for geographers to intervene in the intellectual project of building a more explicitly spatial theory of empire: one that foregrounds how empire-building has historically been grounded in the geographical management of bodies, populations, and circulations, not only at the "macroscales of policy and strategy", but also in the intimate spaces of everyday life. Moore's work, I think, presents a compelling case for why it is essential for geographers to be in conversation with such debates.(Society + Space)

Adam Moore is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Peacebuilding in Practice. Follow him on X @ConflictGeo.

• 1. Military Contracting, Foreign Workers, and WarPart 1: Histories2. From Camp Followers to a Global Army of Labor3. Colonial Legacies and Labor Export4. The Wages of Peace and WarPart 2: Routes5. Supplying War6. Assembling a Transnational Workforce7. Dark RoutesPart 3: Base Life8. Activism9. Relations10. Home11. Empire's Labor

Adam Moore has undertaken detailed research, including interviews with workers, to explore the labor force buttressing the U.S. military. He traces patterns of recruitment, finds evidence of exploitative and discriminatory labor practices, and explores how the military's recruitment of legions of workers affects their countries of origin.(Foreign Affairs) Empire's Labor inverts the story commonly told about private military companies in the 21st century. The book presents a provocative argument that is supported by original research including interviews with the people who fill these jobs and analysis of contracts and other relevant documents. It is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the transnational market for force that relies upon an additional private market.(ILR Review) Moore's book also opens a space for geographers to intervene in the intellectual project of building a more explicitly spatial theory of empire: one that foregrounds how empire-building has historically been grounded in the geographical management of bodies, populations, and circulations, not only at the "macroscales of policy and strategy", but also in the intimate spaces of everyday life. Moore's work, I think, presents a compelling case for why it is essential for geographers to be in conversation with such debates.(Society + Space)