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“Goodwin and Schwarzschild delve into the security industry’s effects on workers (including higher divorce rates due to long hours and secrecy) and society at large, shedding light on what it means to be safe, from whom, and at whose expense. It’s a revealing and sobering study.”

—Publishers Weekly

“The modern security state is more decried than understood, which makes Job/Security such an invaluable book. A fascinating and intimate look at the security industry at the human level.”

—Phil Klay, National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment and Uncertain Ground

 "Danny Goodwin and Edward Schwarzschild have crafted a fascinating portrait of the ever-expanding state of American security, shining a bright light on the men and women who labor in this field. Job/Security is an essential and necessary read, masterfully done.”  

–Gilbert King, Pulitzer prizewinning author of Devil in the Grove

 "An unusual, highly entertaining way to visualize and ponder the vast, deeply entrenched, often-invisible nature of the ever-growing U.S. security state."

--Dana Priest, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and co-author of Top Secret America

“A truly distinctive work, both for its content, as well as the range of voices and agendas that come to the fore.”

—Harvey Molotch, author of Against Security 

“Goodwin and Schwarzschild have compiled an extraordinary and unique document, often empathetic and neutral while also depicting dark, enigmatic, inaccessible sites.”

–James Casebere, artist

“Goodwin and Schwarzschild offer creative and original approaches to understanding and critically analysing security work. By focusing on the accounts and experiences of security workers, we come to know the world of security from the inside and with new depth and detail.”

—Marieke de Goede, Professor of Politics, University of Amsterdam

“The first-person narratives in this book humanize the people who often appear to us citizens as uniforms only–representatives of a larger, seemingly singular system. Their reflections offer us ways to question the systems they uphold, and by doing so, allow us to rethink the kind of systems we want to build.”

–Jill Magid, artist, filmmaker, and author of Failed States