MARY DOUGLAS VAVRUS is an associate professor in the communication studies department at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She is the author of Postfeminist News: Political Women in Media Culture.

• Table of Contents Introduction 11 Lifetime’s Army Wives, or, I Married theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex2 Counterintuitive Mothering in theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex3 “No Longer Women, but Soldiers”:The Warrior Women of Television News4 “This Wasn’t the Intended Sacrifice”:Warrior Women and Sexual ViolenceConclusion: Banality’s FatalitiesAcknowledgmentsNotes

“That women are increasingly on the front lines of war since 9/11 may not surprise readers of this book, but the many ways that women are symbolically enlisted in the promotion and perpetuation of endless global conflict certainly will. This well-written and timely book is essential for students and scholars alike to understand the PR strategies employed to curry favor for war, even as the public sours on American militarism. Unveiling the constructions and contradictions of a kinder, gentler post-feminist war mythology offers all of us a pathway to become ethical witnesses to war narratives, in the hope of ending war and its inhumane consequences.” - Robin Andersen (author of A Century of Media: A Century of War) "Vavrus's compelling account of the media-military-industrial complex provides a look into how the government and media work hand in hand, along both political and gendered lines, to produce a culture that makes war seem like common sense." - Robin Riley (author of Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror) "Post-Feminist War is a 'must-read' contribution to both military and journalism shelves, highly recommended for college and public library collections." (Midwest Book Review)

MARY DOUGLAS VAVRUS is an associate professor in the communication studies department at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She is the author of Postfeminist News: Political Women in Media Culture.

• Table of Contents Introduction 11 Lifetime’s Army Wives, or, I Married theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex2 Counterintuitive Mothering in theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex3 “No Longer Women, but Soldiers”:The Warrior Women of Television News4 “This Wasn’t the Intended Sacrifice”:Warrior Women and Sexual ViolenceConclusion: Banality’s FatalitiesAcknowledgmentsNotes

“That women are increasingly on the front lines of war since 9/11 may not surprise readers of this book, but the many ways that women are symbolically enlisted in the promotion and perpetuation of endless global conflict certainly will. This well-written and timely book is essential for students and scholars alike to understand the PR strategies employed to curry favor for war, even as the public sours on American militarism. Unveiling the constructions and contradictions of a kinder, gentler post-feminist war mythology offers all of us a pathway to become ethical witnesses to war narratives, in the hope of ending war and its inhumane consequences.” - Robin Andersen (author of A Century of Media: A Century of War) "Vavrus's compelling account of the media-military-industrial complex provides a look into how the government and media work hand in hand, along both political and gendered lines, to produce a culture that makes war seem like common sense." - Robin Riley (author of Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror) "Post-Feminist War is a 'must-read' contribution to both military and journalism shelves, highly recommended for college and public library collections." (Midwest Book Review)

MARY DOUGLAS VAVRUS is an associate professor in the communication studies department at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She is the author of Postfeminist News: Political Women in Media Culture.

• Table of Contents Introduction 11 Lifetime’s Army Wives, or, I Married theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex2 Counterintuitive Mothering in theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex3 “No Longer Women, but Soldiers”:The Warrior Women of Television News4 “This Wasn’t the Intended Sacrifice”:Warrior Women and Sexual ViolenceConclusion: Banality’s FatalitiesAcknowledgmentsNotes

“That women are increasingly on the front lines of war since 9/11 may not surprise readers of this book, but the many ways that women are symbolically enlisted in the promotion and perpetuation of endless global conflict certainly will. This well-written and timely book is essential for students and scholars alike to understand the PR strategies employed to curry favor for war, even as the public sours on American militarism. Unveiling the constructions and contradictions of a kinder, gentler post-feminist war mythology offers all of us a pathway to become ethical witnesses to war narratives, in the hope of ending war and its inhumane consequences.” - Robin Andersen (author of A Century of Media: A Century of War) "Vavrus's compelling account of the media-military-industrial complex provides a look into how the government and media work hand in hand, along both political and gendered lines, to produce a culture that makes war seem like common sense." - Robin Riley (author of Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror) "Post-Feminist War is a 'must-read' contribution to both military and journalism shelves, highly recommended for college and public library collections." (Midwest Book Review)