02100cam a22003255i 4500 27649 27620 015351855 EG-ScBUE 20190926100112.0 090812s2010 enka f b 001 0 eng d 9780745328126 (pbk.) 0745328121 (pbk.) StDuBDS eng rda StDuBDS Uk EG-ScBUE 363.6909567 CUL 22 Cultural cleansing in Iraq : why museums were looted, libraries burned and academics murdered / edited by Raymond W. Baker, Shereen T. Ismael and Tareq Y. Ismael. London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2010. xii, 298 pages : ill. ; 22 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Why did the invasion of Iraq result in cultural destruction and killings of intellectuals? Convention sees accidents of war and poor planning in a campaign to liberate Iraqis. The authors argue instead that the invasion aimed to dismantle the Iraqi state to remake it as a client regime. Post-invasion chaos created conditions under which the cultural foundations of the state could be undermined. The authors painstakingly document the consequences of the occupiers' willful inaction and worse, which led to the ravaging of one of the world's oldest recorded cultures. Targeted assassination of over 400 academics, kidnapping and the forced flight of thousands of doctors, lawyers, artists and other intellectuals add up to cultural cleansing. This important work lays to rest claims that the invasion aimed to free an educated population to develop its own culture of democracy. Iraq War, 2003-2011 Destruction and pillage. BUEsh Cultural property Protection Iraq. BUEsh Iraq Intellectual life. BUEsh MASPPSS September2019 Baker, Raymond William, 1942- editor. Ismael, Shereen T. editor. Ismael, Tareq Y. editor. 11795 ddc BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2019-09-26 Purchase 840.00 0 363.6909567 CUL 000048114 2025-07-15 00:00:00 1050.00 2019-09-26 BB