- Foreword — Irina Bokova
- Preface and Acknowledgments — James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction — James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss
- Part 1. Cultural Heritage and Values
- Introduction: Part 1
James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss - 1. Who Are We? Identity and Cultural Heritage
Kwame Anthony Appiah - 2. Why Do We Value Cultural Heritage?
Neil MacGregor - 3. Cultural Heritage under Attack: Learning from History
Hermann Parzinger - 4. The Cultural Heritage of Late Antiquity
Glen W. Bowersock - 5. The Written Heritage of the Muslim World
Sabine Schmidtke - 6. Valuing the Legacy of Our Cultural Heritage
Ismail Serageldin
- Introduction: Part 1
- Part 2. Cultural Heritage under Siege: Recent Cases
- Introduction: Part 2
James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss - 7. Uyghur Heritage under China’s “Antireligious Extremism” Campaigns
Rachel Harris - 8. When Peace Is Defeat, Reconstruction Is Damage: “Rebuilding” Heritage in Post-conflict Sri Lanka and Afghanistan
Kavita Singh - 9. Performative Destruction: Da’esh (ISIS) Ideology and the War on Heritage in Iraq
Gil J. Stein - 10. The Destruction of Aleppo: The Impact of the Syrian War on a World Heritage City
Francesco Bandarin - 11. The Lost Heritage of Homs: From the Destruction of Monuments to the Destruction of Meaning
Marwa al-Sabouni - 12. Reconstruction, Who Decides?
Frederick Deknatel - 13. Yemen’s Manuscript Culture under Attack
Sabine Schmidtke - 14. Cultural Heritage at Risk in Mali: The Destruction of Timbuktu’s Mausoleums of Saints
Lazare Eloundou Assomo - 15. Indigenous Threatened Heritage in Guatemala
Victor Montejo
- Introduction: Part 2
- Part 3. Cultural Heritage and Populations at Risk
- Introduction: Part 3
James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss - 16. Cultural Cleansing and Mass Atrocities
Simon Adams - 17. Choosing between Human Life and Cultural Heritage in War
Hugo Slim - 18. Saving Stones and Saving Lives: A Humanitarian Perspective on Protecting Cultural Heritage in War
Paul H. Wise - 19. Engaging Nonstate Armed Groups in the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Jennifer M. Welsh - 20. After the Dust Settles: Transitional Justice and Identity in the Aftermath of Cultural Destruction
Philippe Sands and Ashrutha Rai
- Introduction: Part 3
- Part 4. Cultural Heritage and International Law
- Introduction: Part 4
James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss - 21. Protecting Cultural Heritage: The Ties between People and Places
Patty Gerstenblith - 22. International Humanitarian Law and the Protection of Cultural Property
Benjamin Charlier and Tural Mustafayev - 23. International Human Rights Law and Cultural Heritage
Marc-André Renold and Alessandro Chechi - 24. Customs, General Principles, and the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Property
Francesco Francioni - 25. Prosecuting Heritage Destruction
Joseph Powderly - 26. Fighting Terrorist Attacks against World Heritage and Global Cultural Heritage Governance
Sabine von Schorlemer
- Introduction: Part 4
- Part 5. Cultural Heritage and Military Perspectives
- Introduction: Part 5
James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss - 27. Protecting Cultural Heritage on the Battlefield: The Hard Case of Religion
Ron E. Hassner - 28. From Kyoto to Baghdad to Tehran: Leadership, Law, and the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Scott D. Sagan - 29. Practicing the Art of War While Protecting Cultural Heritage: A Military Perspective
Ruth Margolies Beitler and Dexter W. Dugan - 30. Peace Operations and the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Richard Gowan - 31. Protecting Cultural Property in Armed Conflict: The Necessity for Dialogue and Action Integrating the Heritage, Military, and Humanitarian Sectors
Peter G. Stone - 32. When Peace Breaks Out: The Peril and Promise of “Afterwar”
Hugh Eakin
- Introduction: Part 5
- Conclusion: Toward Research, Policy, and Action Agendas — James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss
- Suggested Readings
- Contributors
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