Antiquities under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection after the Iraq War Book

List of Figures and Tables     xi
Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     xv
The Case of Iraq and the Context of Looting     1
Preserving Iraq's Heritage from Looting: What Went Wrong (within the United States)   Lawrence Rothfield     5
Preparations at the Iraq Museum in the Lead-Up to War   Donny George Youkhanna   McGuire Gibson     27
Thieves of Baghdad: The Looting of the Iraq Museum   Matthew Bogdanos     33
Who Are the Looters at Archaeological Sites in Iraq?   Joanne Farchakh-Bajjaly     49
See No Evil: Museums, Art Collectors, and the Black Markets They Adore   Matthew Bogdanos     57
The Western Market in Iraqi Antiquities   Neil Brodie     63
Preventing Future Looting After Armed Combat     75
The Way Forward for Legislative Bodies with Respect to International Law     77
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   Patty Gerstenblith     79
The Implementation of International Treaties at the National Level: Law and Practice   Guido Carducci     89
The Way Forward for Legislative Bodies and Military Commanders: Beyond ImplementingInternational Law     101
Congressional Responses to the Looting of Iraq's Cultural Property   Patty Gerstenblith   Katharyn Hanson     103
The Chain of Command   J. Holmes Armstead, Jr.     117
The Way Forward for Military and Civilian War Planners     125
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     127
Italian Carabinieri and the Protection of Iraq's Cultural Heritage$dCarabinieri Unit for the Protection and Safeguarding of Italian Cultural Heritage     135
Technology for the Prevention of Cultural Theft   John B. Alexander     141
Sidebar: A Failed Security Plan for Iraq   Laura Page     146
The Way Forward for Postwar Reconstruction Planners     151
The Way Ahead: A Five-Point Plan for Future Action   Matthew Bogdanos     153
Assignment Blue Shield: The Looting of the Iraq Museum and Cultural Property at War   Corine Wegener     163
The Role of NATO and Civil Military Affairs   Joris D. Kila     175
The Way Forward for Governmental and Intergovernmental Agencies     193
Practical and Policy Considerations in Protecting Cultural Heritage and Preventing Looting during International Peace and Stability Operations   Christopher J. Hoh     195
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     207
Engaging Interagency Processes to Protect Cultural Sites: Communities, Authorities, and Capabilities   Scott R. Feil     219
The Way Forward for Cultural Ministries, Departments, and Agencies     235
Governmental Agencies and the Protection of Cultural Property in Times of War   Nancy C. Wilkie     237
What Cultural Ministries and Heritage Sites Should Do to Prepare for Conflict   McGuire Gibson   Donny George Youkhanna     249
The Way Forward for Cultural Heritage NGOs     255
Preventing Looting after Armed Combat: The Way Forward for U.S. Nongovernmental Cultural Heritage Organizations   Bonnie Burnham   Stephen K. Urice     257
International Conventions and Recommendations Related to the Protection of Cultural Heritage     275
Excerpts from the 1954 Hague Convention and the 1954 First Protocol     277
Policy Recommendations as of August 2006     281
A Closer Look at NATO CIMIC Doctrine     287
Technologies for the Protection of Cultural Property     291
Suggested Further Reading     295
Index     299
About the Contributors     317