Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xiii
4. Note on Names, Terms, and Statements xv
5. Introduction xvii
6. Fresh in Malawi
7. Flashback One 3
8. Decisive Call 5
9. Biggest Fear 11
10. Settling In or Just Settling? 21
11. Navigating Intricacies 31
12. Disturbing Trends 41
13. Meeting the President 45
14. No Longer a Guest 51
15. Politically Correct 55
16. Working the System 61
17. Lesson Learned 65
18. Changed and Unchanged 69
19. Crisis in Kosovo
20. Flashback Two 77
21. Manhattan of Humanitarians 79
22. A New Class 83
23. No Perfect Solution 87
24. Dicey Meeting 109
25. Showdown in a Salon 115
26. Surprise in Iraq
27. Flashback Three 123
28. Ultimate Rejection 125
29. Embarrassing America 141
30. Behold Iraqi Americans 145
31. He-whore or Husband? 149
32. Eye-openers 1–? 155
33. Fredericks of Baghdad 175
34. Numbers in Afghanistan
35. Flashback Four 181
36. AK-47 as an Accessory 183
37. Not Here to Question! 193
38. Who We Were 205
39. Outnumbered in Kunduz 217
40. Separate but “Equal” 229
41. Female Problems, Policy Implications 233
42. Security Twists 247
43. Rocking the Boat 253
44. West Knows East? 263
45. Not at Any Cost 271
46. Bureaucracy in Washington
47. Flashback Five 279
48. A Route Less Taken 281
49. Epilogue 289
50. Afterthoughts 293
51. Acknowledgments 295
52. Index 297