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245	0	0	_aCultural cleansing in Iraq : _bwhy museums were looted, libraries burned and academics murdered / _cedited by Raymond W. Baker, Shereen T. Ismael and Tareq Y. Ismael.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bPluto Press, _c2010.
300			_axii, 298 pages : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWhy 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.
650		7	_aIraq War, 2003-2011 _xDestruction and pillage. _2BUEsh
650		7	_aCultural property _xProtection _zIraq. _2BUEsh
651		7	_aIraq _xIntellectual life. _2BUEsh
653			_bMASPPSS _cSeptember2019
700	1		_aBaker, Raymond William, _d1942- _eeditor.
700	1		_aIsmael, Shereen T. _eeditor.
700	1		_aIsmael, Tareq Y. _eeditor. _911795
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