The wake of war : encounters with the people of Iraq and Afghanistan / Anne Nivat ; translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd

'First published in France under the title Lendemains de guerre: en Afghanistan et en Irak by Librairie Artheme Fayard'--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references [p. 304]

In Iraq after the U.S. military victory of April 2003 -- The proscenium -- En route to Erbil -- A Kurdish family -- A young leader -- The major holidays -- A Turkoman family -- En route to Baghdad -- Baghdad -- A Dominican friar -- A resistance fighter and a former fedayee -- In the'Sunni triangle' -- En route to An Najaf -- A Shiite family -- A former admiral -- A man of the theater -- In Afghanistan, after the U.S. military victory of December 2001 -- En route to Kunduz -- A teacher -- En route to Badakhshān -- An engineer -- A gynecologist -- En route to Mazār-E-Sharif -- A war chief -- En route to Kabul -- Kabul -- En route to Kandahār -- A former Taliban -- En route to Khost -- A governor and former commander -- The minor holidays -- Detour through Peshawar