The War on Terror claimed countless Iraqi lives and left social systems irreparably fractured. The lasting injury is the subject of anthropologist Kali Rubaii’s debut book, Resurgency: Outlasting the War on Terror. Few studies have captured in such depth the ways Anbaris react, respond and heal from “war-induced social and ecological collapse”. Rubaii’s journey began in Fallujah a decade prior, supporting local hospitals through transnational so…