In this study of Guatemalan peasants rebuilding their lives after years in the crossfire, anthropologist Kristi Anne Stolen examines the dynamics of violence, survival strategies in situations of extreme violence, and social reconstruction in its aftermath.

Kristi Anne Stolen is Professor and Research Director at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo. She is the author or editor of several books, including In the Maze of Displacement: Migration, Conflict and Change.