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As Saddam Hussein's Government Fell In April 2003, News Accounts Detailed The Pillage Of Iraq's National Museum. Less Dramatic, Though Far More Devastating, Was The Subsequent Looting At Thousands Of Archaeological Sites Around The Country, Which Continues On A Massive Scale To This Day. This Book Details The Disasters That Have Befallen Iraq's Cultural Heritage, Analyzes Why All Efforts To Protect It Have Failed, And Identifies New Mechanisms And Strategies To Prevent The Mistakes Of Iraq From Being Replicated In Other War-torn Regions-- Chart Of Stakeholders -- The Case Of Iraq And The Context Of Looting. Preserving Iraq's Heritage From Looting : What Went Wrong (within The U.s.) / Lawrence Rothfield -- Preparations At The Iraq Museum In The Lead-up To War / Donny George Youkhanna And Mcguire Gibson -- Thieves Of Baghdad : The Looting Of The Iraq Museum / Matthew Bogdanos -- Who Are The Looters At Archaeological Sites In Iraq? / Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly -- See No Evil : Museums, Art Collectors, And The Black Markets They Adore / Matthew Bogdanos -- The Western Market In Iraqi Antiquities / Neil Brodie -- Preventing Future Looting After Armed Combat : The Way Forward For Legislativ

Author

Lawrence Rothfield

Publisher

AltaMira Press; Altamira Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780759110991

Subjects

Social Science, History, Sociology