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The destruction of cultural property as a weapon of war : ISIS in Syria and Iraq

Title
The destruction of cultural property as a weapon of war : ISIS in Syria and Iraq / Helga Turku.
Author
Turku, Helga
Publication
  • Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
xi, 207 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
This book aims to advance the understanding of cultural property in armed conflict, and its significance for anti-terrorism and peace-building strategies. As the author argues, ISIS' orchestrated theft and destruction of cultural property has become a tactic of war. Through a historical, political, and legal analysis, this book explains the pathology of radical groups' behavior toward cultural objects as part of their terror campaign. Using constructivist ideas, it explains the importance of cultural property in the context of short-term and long-term security and analyzes the evolution of laws and policies to protect it. (Publishers note).
Subject
  • IS (Organization)
  • Islamischer Staat
  • Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Iraq
  • Architecture and war > Syria
  • Cultural property > Protection > Iraq
  • Architecture and war
  • Cultural property > Destruction and pillage
  • Cultural property > Protection
  • Kulturgut
  • Kulturgüterschutz
  • Zerstörung
  • Kriegsverbrechen
  • Völkerrecht
  • Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Iraq
  • Architecture and war > Syria
  • Cultural property > Protection > Iraq
  • Cultural property
  • Cultural heritage
  • Armed conflicts
  • International humanitarian law
  • Islamic State
  • Syria
  • Iraq
  • Iraq
  • Syria
  • Irak
  • Syrien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Cultural Property as A Weapon of War -- 2. Cultural Property Destruction in History and in the Present -- 3. Long-Term Security Repercussions of Attacking Cultural Property -- 4. International Law on Protection of Cultural Property During Armed Conflict -- 5. International and State Response to Terrorists' Attacks and Plunder of Cultural Property -- 6. Conclusion: Future Action to Protect Cultural Property During Conflict.
ISBN
  • 9783319572819
  • 3319572814
LCCN
2017943318
OCLC
  • ocn981117893
  • 981117893
  • SCSB-14377884
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library