A chronicle of the dissonance between how the post-9/11 conflicts were perceived in America and the violence and upheaval experienced by those trapped in the zones where they were fought. The pictures weave together Iraq during the time of ISIS, the mass exodus of refugees to Europe, militarism, terrorism, nationalism, myth-making and propaganda.

This is van Agtmael's fourth volume about the United States and the world after 2001, and it reflects a nation's struggle to reckon with the chaos unleashed by the fear and anger that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center: disturbing, darkly humorous, contradictory, mysterious and damning, at once evidence and interpretation of a country adrift. An extensive text in two languages combines journalism and personal reflection into a narrative that accompanies the nonlinear, poetic sequencing.