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A veteran war correspondent journeys to remote mountain communities across the globe - from Albania and Chechnya to Nepal and Colombia - to investigate why so many conflicts occur at great heightsMountainous regions are home to only ten percent of the world's population yet host a strikingly disproportionate share of the world's conflicts. Mountains provide a natural refuge for those who want to elude authority, and their remoteness has allowed archaic practices to persist well into our globalized era.As Judith Matloff shows, the result is a combustible mix we in the lowlands cannot afford to ignore. Traveling to conflict zones across the world, she introduces us to Albanian teenagers involved in ancient blood feuds; Mexican peasants hunting down violent poppy growers; and Jihadists who have resisted the Russian military for decades.



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Judith Matloff

Judith Matloff teaches conflict reporting at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. She has pioneered safety training for women and media around the world, helping hundreds of journalists face an increasingly dangerous world. Her stories about war and violence have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Economist, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal. Matloff's work has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Logan Nonfiction Fellowship and the Hoover Institution. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.



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