The rape of Mesopotamia : behind the looting of the Iraq Museum / Lawrence Rothfield.
The rape of Mesopotamia : behind the looting of the Iraq Museum / Lawrence Rothfield.
The rape of Mesopotamia : behind the looting of the Iraq Museum / Lawrence Rothfield.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N956.7044/35
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English
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Physical content
xii, 216 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
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...
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
In April, 2003, as the world watched a statue of Saddam Hussein come crashing down in Baghdad, a mob of looters attacked the Iraq National Museum. The pillaging went unchecked and more than 15,000 artifacts were stolen. This book looks at how this wholesale thievery was allowed to occur.
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The rape of Mesopotamia : behind the looting of the Iraq Museum / Lawrence Rothfield.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N956.7044/35
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74VKdGw03ZwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdGw03ZwX
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ISBN
0226729451 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226729459 (cloth : alk. paper)
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956.704431
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991019999309702626
