The rape of Mesopotamia: behind the looting of the Iraq Museum

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Cultural Heritage Protection in Iraq before 2003: The Long View

2. "Nobody Thought of Culture": War-Related Heritage Protection in the Early Prewar Period

3. Getting to the Postwar Planning Table

4. The Meetings

5. A Punctual Disaster: The Looting of the National Museum of Iraq

6. The World Responds

7. The Slow-Motion Disaster: Post-Combat Looting of Archaeological Sites

8. Deathwatch for Iraqi Antiquities

Coda

Appendix: Interviews

Notes

Bibliography

Index