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The outbreak of war (whether expected or sudden), the way it is carried out, the reasons for its development, the strength of opposing forces, its outcome (whether final or temporary): war has been analysed and researched from every viewpoint possible. Once over, war disappears from the headlines, at varying degrees of rapidity, and makes way for the next conflict, relegated into a time and space capsule and left for historians to study. And yet, the end of an international war or a civil rebellion – in as far as such a distinction can be made – rarely results in a return to the status quo. In most cases, the aftermath of war tends to create a new, more long-lasting situation: continued violence in other forms, population movements, social recomposition, construction of new identities, cultural change... Even when war is no longer a pressing issue on the international scene, war-induced conditions remain an essential element of daily life for the country and its inhabitants, leaving indelible scars on social development and on individual memories.