The Wake of War: Encounters in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan tells of journalist author Anne Nivat's six-month journey through the results of the American occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. Her survey of the lives of ordinary people, who here speak in their own words, captures like no political report what motivates and fills their daily lives, examining their changed conditions and concerns. It should be required reading for any survey of American issues in the Middle East and should be supplemental reading for any high school to college-level course on international politics.