To support the campaign of the International Committee of The Red Cross and Red Crescent to mobilize worldwide public opinion on the plight of war victims, this book provides accounts of the human stories behind the news headlines of civilians trapped in eight war zones around the world. International authors and journalists describe the suffering of ordinary people in Ethiopea/Tigray, El Salvador, Liberia, Peru, Northern Ireland, Cambodia, Lebanon and Afghanistan. Dr Goodfield's previous books include Courier to Peking and An Imagined World . Mary Anne Fitzgerald has covered wars in Africa as a correspondent for The Financial Times , The Sunday Times and The Independent .