From the “Prologue” of A Country Within
The world is in a permanent state of war, heedless
of the effects — increasingly global in nature — on
innocent people. Sometimes, in unexpected ways, war unites
the noncombatants, the nonpoliticians, and the victims, and
brings out the best in them. I experienced this unintended
consequence of war in a small corner of the world when I
traveled to Greece in late 2015 to help with what has been
called “the refugee crisis” there.
My story is personal, but its setting ...