Fragile Peace

The silence that follows a civil war is not peace—it is a question.When the shooting stops, the "e;red zones"e; on the map may turn green, but for those living in the aftermath, the transition is a precarious walk across thin ice. In The Fragile Peace: Preparing for the Aftermath and Reconstruction, Iris Mcwell provides a piercing analysis of the "e;anatomy of silence"e;—the high-stakes period whe...