Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The rape of Mesopotamia :

Rothfield, Lawrence, 1956-

The rape of Mesopotamia : behind the looting of the Iraq Museum / Lawrence Rothfield. - Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2009. - xii, 216 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.

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.

0226729451 (hbk.) : 9780226729459

2008031053

GBA922480 bnb


Matḥaf al-ʿIrāqī.


Iraq War, 2003---Destruction and pillage.
Archaeological thefts--Iraq.


Iraq--Antiquities.

DS79.76. / R68 2009

956.704431