The rape of Mesopotamia : behind the looting of the Iraq Museum /
Rothfield, Lawrence,1956-
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2009.
Cultural heritage protection in Iraq before 2003: the long view -- "Nobody thought of culture": war-related heritage protection in the early prewar period -- Getting to the postwar planning table -- The meetings -- A punctual disaster: the looting of the National Museum of Iraq -- The world responds -- The slow-motion disaster: post-combat looting of archaeological sites -- Deathwatch for Iraqi antiquities.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.
Matḥaf al-ʻIrāqī.
Iraq War, 2003-
Archaeological thefts