Introduction
Prologue: Iraq 2003
I AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN 1986–1988
First Steps
Thal
Summer 1986
Winter 1987
Summer 1987
Chitral: Fall 1988
Intervening Years
II AFRICA 2001
A War-Torn Continent
Grace’s Story
Passing Time
The Children of Kakuma
The Lost Boys
Interval
III THE BALKANS 2001–2002
A European War
A Comfortable Post
Roza and the Refugees of Kososvo
The Albanians
Waiting
IV AFGHANISTAN 2002
Bamiyan Village
The People of Bamiyan
Early Days
The Children
Hamid’s Story
Amir and the Distant Clinics
The Tragedy of Land Mines
The Women of Bamiyan
Last Days
The Time Between
V IRAQ 2003
Preparations For War
Deployment
Nasiriyah
Karbala
The Trip to Najaf
Najaf
An Emergency
A Night of Terror
Final Days
Homecoming
VI DARFUR 2004
A Secret War
Back to Africa
Mayo
Meetings
A Place to Call Home
Hawa and the Terrors of the Janjaweed
Tawila
Disease and Disaster
Halima—Dignity and Desperation
Abu-Shok
The Continuing Genocide
Return to Darfur
Kalma Camp
The Janjaweed
The Women of Darfur
The Children of Darfur
The Truth of Darfur
Death in Darfur
A Return To Abu-Shok
Final Thoughts
Glossary
References
Acknowledgments
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