The author recalls her fourteen-month experience as an emergency medical responder in Baghdad with the Italian Red Cross, and writes of the death and destruction as well as the efforts of many who attempt to bring peace to a war-torn country.
The author follows the footsteps of Herodotus across Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Iraq to examine the places and cultures Herodotus described in his fifth-century narrative on the Persian War.
Provides profiles of the people making today's headlines in business, education, technology, law, politics, religion, entertainment, labor, sports, medicine, and other fields.
