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

Title
  1. The destruction of cultural property as a weapon of war : ISIS in Syria and Iraq / Helga Turku.
Published by
  1. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Turku, Helga

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Description
  1. xi, 207 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. IS (Organization)
  2. Islamischer Staat
  3. Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Iraq
  4. Architecture and war > Syria
  5. Cultural property > Protection > Iraq
  6. Architecture and war
  7. Cultural property > Destruction and pillage
  8. Cultural property > Protection
  9. Kulturgut
  10. Kulturgüterschutz
  11. Zerstörung
  12. Kriegsverbrechen
  13. Völkerrecht
  14. Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Iraq
  15. Architecture and war > Syria
  16. Cultural property > Protection > Iraq
  17. Cultural property
  18. Cultural heritage
  19. Armed conflicts
  20. International humanitarian law
  21. Islamic State
  22. Syria
  23. Iraq
  24. Iraq
  25. Syria
  26. Irak
  27. Syrien
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.