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CULTURAL CLEANSING IN IRAQ
WHY MUSEUMS WERE LOOTED, LIBRARIES BURNED AND ACADEMICS MURDERED |
| By: |
Raymond William Baker (Editor), Shereen T. Ismael (Editor), Tareq Y. Ismael (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£85.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
074532813X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780745328133 |
| Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 November, 2009 |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Description: |
Argues that destruction of Iraqi culture was aimed at remaking Iraq as US client state. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
6 figures |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |