Antiquities under siege
Subtitle: cultural heritage protection after the Iraq war
By: edited by Lawrence Rothfield.
Contributors: Rothfield, Lawrence, 1956-
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780759110984; 9780759110991
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Destruction and pillage.; Archaeological thefts -- Iraq.; Cultural property -- Protection -- Iraq.; Iraq -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298) and index.
Table of contents: value: The case of Iraq and the context of looting. Preserving Iraq's heritage from looting : what went wrong (within the United States) / Lawrence Rothfield; value: Preparations at the Iraq Museum in the lead-up to war / Donny George Youkhanna and McGuire Gibson; value: Thieves of Baghdad : the looting of the Iraq Museum / Matthew Bogdanos; value: Who are the looters at archaeological sites in Iraq? / Joanne Farchakh-Bajjaly; value: See no evil : museums, art collectors, and the black markets they adore / Matthew Bogdanos; value: The western market in Iraqi antiquities / Neil Brodie; value: Preventing future looting after armed combat : the way forward for legislative bodies with respect to international law. The 1954 Hague Convention on the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict : its background and prospects for ratification in the United States / Patty Gerstenblith; value: The implementation of international treaties at the national level : law and practice / Guido Carducci; value: The way forward for legislative bodies and military commanders : beyond implementing international law; value: Congressional responses to the looting of Iraq's cultural property / Patty Gerstenblith and Katharyn Hanson; value: The chain of command / J. Holmes Armstead, Jr.; value: The way forward for military and civilian war planners. Bridging the public security gap : stability police units in contemporary peace operations and the center of excellence for stability police units / Michael Dziedzic and Christine Stark; value: Italian carabinieri and the protection of Iraq's cultural heritage / Carabinieri Unit for the Protection and Safeguarding of Italian Cultural Heritage; value: Technology for the prevention of cultural theft / John B. Alexander; value: Sidebar : a failed security plan for Iraq / Laura Page; value: The way forward for postwar reconstruction planners. The way ahead : a five-point plan for future action / Matthew Bogdanos; value: Assignment blue shield : the looting of the Iraq museum and cultural property at war / Corine Wegener; value: The role of NATO and civil military affairs / Joris D. Kila; value: The way forward for governmental and intergovernmental agencies. Practical and policy considerations in protecting cultural heritage and preventing looting during international peace and stability operations / Christopher J. Hoh; value: UNESCO and the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in postconflict situations : efforts at UNESCO to establish an intergovernmental fund for the protection of cultural property in times of conflict / Mounir Bouchenaki; value: Engaging interagency processes to protect cultural sites : communities, authorities, and capabilities / Scott R. Feil; value: The way forward for cultural ministries, departments, and agencies. Governmental agencies and the protection of cultural property in times of war / Nancy C. Wilkie; value: What cultural ministries and heritage sites should do to prepare for conflict / McGuire Gibson and Donny George Youkhanna; value: The way forward for cultural heritage NGOs; value: Preventing looting after armed combat : the way forward for U.S. nongovernmental cultural heritage organizations / Bonnie Burnham and Stephen K. Urice; value: Appendix A. International conventions and recommendations related to the protection of cultural heritage; value: Appendix B. Excerpts from the 1954 Hague Convention and the 1954 first protocol; value: Appendix C. Policy recommendations as of August 2006; value: Appendix D. A closer look at NATO CIMIC doctrine; value: Appendix E. Technologies for the protection of cultural property.