Mission Afghanistan

Dr. Elie Paul Cohen was recruited in 2009 by the French Army and deployed in 2011 at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he worked with the British and studied their new treatment for polytraumatized soldiers. Mission Afghanistan is a memoir of his experience. The original French edition was nominated for the Erwan Bergot Prize, given in recognition of works celebrating service to France and its values. A Franco-British citizen, Cohen now works as an emergency doctor in the emergency services of Paris. He has a special interest in integrative medicine and works as an osteopath in private practice. He is also a composer of experimental music. His album Le Cinquième elément was released by Radio France in 2018. You can visit him at www.eliepaulcohen.com. Jessica Levine has translated several books from French and Italian into English. She is also the author of two novels published by She Writes Press, Nothing Forgotten and The Geometry of Love, a Booklist Top 10 Women’s Fiction Title for 2015. Her other works include Delicate Pursuit: Discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton, as well as essays, short stories, and poetry. Levine holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley, where she was a Mellon Fellow. She was born in New York City and now lives in Northern California. You can find her at www.jessicalevine.com.