Antiquities under Siege

Cultural Heritage Protection after the Iraq War
Herausgeber: Rothfield, Lawrence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9780759110984
• ISBN-10: 0759110980
• Artikelnr.: 23353317

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Rothfield is faculty director and co-founder of the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago. He was previously the director of the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities at the University of Chicago and is also a professor of comparative literature, in which field he has three publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I. The Case of Iraq and the Context of Looting
Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Preserving Iraq's Heritage from Looting: What Went
Wrong (within the United States)
Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Preparations at the Iraq Museum in the Lead-Up to War
Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Thieves of Baghdad: The Looting of the Iraq Museum
Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Who Are the Looters at Archaeological Sites in Iraq?
Chapter 6 Chapter 5. See No Evil: Museums, Art Collectors, and the Black
Markets They Adore
Chapter 7 Chapter 6. The Western Market in Iraqi Antiques
Part 8 Part II. Preventing Future Looting after Armed Combat
Chapter 9 The Way Forward for Legislative Bodies with Respect to
International Law
Chapter 10 Chapter 7. 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
Chapter 11 Chapter 8. The Implementation of International Treaties at the
National Level: Law and Practice
Chapter 12 The Way Forward for Legislative Bodies and Military Commanders:
Beyond Implementing International Law
Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Congressional Responses to the Looting of Iraq's
Cultural Property
Chapter 14 Chapter 10. The Chain of Command
Chapter 15 The Way Forward for Military and Civilian War Planners
Chapter 16 Chapter 11. Bridging the Public Security Gap: Stability Police
Units in Contemporary Peace Operations and the Center of Excellence for
Stability Police Units
Chapter 17 Chapter 12. Italian Carabinieri and the Protection of Iraq's
Cultural Heritage
Chapter 18 Chapter 13. Technology for the Prevention of Cultural Theft
Chapter 19 The Way Forward for Postwar Reconstruction Planners
Chapter 20 Chapter 14. The Way Ahead: A Five-Point Plan for Future Action
Chapter 21 Chapter 15. Assignment Blue Shield: The Looting of the Iraq
Museum and Cultural Property at War
Chapter 22 Chapter 16. The Role of NATO and Civil Military Affairs
Chapter 23 The Way Forward for Government and Intergovernmental Agencies
Chapter 24 Chapter 17. Practical and Policy Considerations in Protecting
Cultural Heritage and Preventing Looting during International Peace and
Stability Operations
Chapter 25 Chapter 18. 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
Chapter 26 Chapter 19. Engaging Interagency Processes to Protect Cultural
Sites: Communities, Authorities, and Capabilities
Chapter 27 The Way Forward for Cultural Ministries, Departments, and
Agencies
Chapter 28 Chapter 20. Governmental Agencies and the Protection of Cultural
Property in Times of War
Chapter 29 Chapter 21. What Cultural Ministries and Heritage Sites Should
Do to Prepare for Conflict
Chapter 30 The Way Forward for Cultural Heritage NGOs
Chapter 31 Chapter 22. Preventing Looting after Armed Combat: The Way
Forward for U.S. Nongovernmental Cultural Organizations