Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298) and index.
Contents:
Technologies for the protection of cultural property. Preserving Iraq's heritage from looting : what went wrong (within the United States) / Bonnie Burnham, Stephen K. Urice -- Preparations at the Iraq Museum in the lead up to war / Donny George Youkhanna, 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 -- Western market in Iraqi antiquities / Neil Brodie -- Preventing future looting after armed combat. Way forward for legislative bodies with respect to international law. 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 -- Implementation of international treaties at the national level : law and practice / Guido Carducci -- Way forward for legislative bodies and military commanders : beyond implementing international law. Congressional responses to the looting of Iraq's cultural property / Patty Gerstenblith, Katharyn Hanson -- Chain of command / J. Holmes Armstead, Jr. -- 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, Christine Stark -- Italian carabinieri and the protection of Iraq's cultural heritage / Carabinieri Unit for the Protection and Safeguarding of Italian Cultural Heritage -- Technology for the prevention of cultural theft / John B. Alexander -- Sidebar : a failed security plan for Iraq / Laura Page -- Way forward for postwar reconstruction planners. Way ahead : a five point plan for future action / Matthew Bogdanos -- Assignment blue shield : the looting of the Iraq museum and cultural property at war / Corine Wegener -- Role of NATO and civil military affairs / Joris D. Kila -- 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 -- 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 -- Engaging interagency processes to protect cultural sites : communities, authorities, and capabilities / Scott R. Feil -- Way forward for cultural ministries, departments, and agencies. Governmental agencies and the protection of cultural property in times of war / Nancy C. Wilkie -- What cultural ministries and heritage sites should do to prepare for conflict / McGuire Gibson, Donny George Youkhanna -- Way forward for cultural heritage NGOs. Preventing looting after armed combat : the way forward for U.S. nongovernmental cultural heritage organizations / Bonnie Burnham, Stephen K. Urice -- Appendix E. International conventions and recommendations related to the protection of cultural heritage -- Appendix B. Excerpts from the 1954 Hague Convention and the 1954 first protocol -- Appendix C. Policy recommendations as of August 2006 -- Appendix D. Closer look at NATO CIMIC doctrine -- Appendix E. Technologies for the protection of cultural property.
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