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1. Defending national treasures
: French art and heritage under Vichy
by Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell
2011, 1, ISBN 0804770182, xv, 382
Confiscations and contributions | European Studies | Art treasures in war | Art museums | German occupation, 1940–1945 | History | 20th century | Destruction and pillage | World War, 1939–1945 | Art and state | France | Protection | Cultural property | German occupation, 1940-1945 | World War, 1939-1945
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2. Bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu
: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
by Hammer, Joshua, 1957- author
2017, First Simon & Schuster paperback edition., ISBN 9781476777412, 278 pages
Destruction and pillage | Mali HistoryDestruction and pillage | Libraries | Manuscripts, Arabic | Islamic learning and scholarship | Librarians | Protection | Cultural property
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3. The spirit of the laws
: the plunder of wealth in the Armenian genocide
by Akçam, Taner, 1953 and Arkun, Aram, translator and Kurt, Ümit, author
2015, War and genocide, ISBN 9781782386247, Volume 21, ix, 206 pages
Forced migration | Armenians | Pillage | Armenian question | Turkey History | History | Relocation | Legal status, laws, etc
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4. The book smugglers
: partisans, poets, and the race to save Jewish treasures from the Nazis
by Fishman, David E., 1957- author
2017, ISBN 1512600490, xv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Destruction and pillage | Art thefts | Jewish libraries | Protection | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Cultural property
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5. Ruin nation
: destruction and the American Civil War
by Nelson, Megan Kate
2012, ISBN 9780820342511, cm.
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6. German historians and the bombing of German cities
: the contested air war
by Benda-Beckmann, Bastiaan Robert von
2015, NIOD studies on war, holocaust, and genocide, ISBN 9089647813, 291
Destruction and pillage | Bombing, Aerial | History | Historians | World War, 1939-1945
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7. The destruction of memory
: architecture at war
by Bevan, Robert (Journalist)
2006, ISBN 1861892055, 240
Historic buildings | War damage | Terrorism | Buildings | Culture conflict | War and society
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8. Cultural cleansing in Iraq
: why museums were looted, libraries burned and academics murdered
2010, ISBN 0745328121, xii, 298
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9. The politics of iconoclasm
: religion, violence and the culture of image-breaking in Christianity and Islam
by Noyes, James
2013, Library of modern religion, ISBN 9781848855656, Volume 33., 235
Destruction and pillage | Islam and politics | Iconoclasm | Religious facilities | Christianity and politics
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10. The destruction of cultural property as a weapon of war
: ISIS in Syria and Iraq
by Turku, Helga, author
2018, ISBN 3319572814, xi, 207 pages
Destruction and pillage | IS (Organization) | Architecture and war | Protection | Cultural property | Iraq | Political Science and International Relations | Peace Studies | International Security Studies | Terrorism and Political Violence | Political Science and International Studies | Politics and Religion | Human Rights and Crime | Conflict Studies
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11. Cultural heritage, ethics and the military
by Stone, Peter G
2011, Heritage matters, ISBN 9781843835387, Volume 4., xi, 228
Archaeology | Classical antiquities | Destruction and pillage | Iraq War, 2003-2011 | Pillage | Military occupation | Moral and ethical aspects | Protection | Philosophy | Cultural property
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12. The book thieves
: the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance
by Rydell, Anders, 1982- author and Koch, Henning, 1962- translator
2017, ISBN 0735221243, xiii, 352 pages
Book thefts | Confiscations and contributions | Destruction and pillage | Libraries and national socialism | History | World War, 1939-1945
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13. History of loot and stolen art
: from antiquity until the present day
by Lindsay, Ivan
2013, ISBN 9781906509217, vii, 424
History | Art thefts
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14. Allied looting in World War II
: thefts of art, manuscripts, stamps and jewelry in Europe
by Alford, Kenneth D
2011, ISBN 0786460539, ix, 278
Destruction and pillage | Allied Forces | Postage stamps | Art treasures in war | Pillage | Lost articles | Art thefts | History | Jewelry theft | Manuscripts | World War, 1939-1945 | Theft
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15. Understanding popular violence in the English Revolution
: the Colchester plunderers
by Walter, John, 1948
1999, Past and present publications, ISBN 9780521651868, xi, 357
Social conflict | Riots | Political violence | Pillage | Stour Valley (Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Suffolk, England) History | Great Britain HistoryDestruction and pillage | History | Colchester Region (England) History
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16. ROUTINE POLITICS AND VIOLENCE IN ARGENTINA: THE GRAY ZONE OF STATE POWER
by AUYERO, JAVIER
2007, CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN CONTENTIOUS POLITICS., ISBN 0521694116, 210
Food riots | Argentina | Law enforcement | Peronism | Pillage | Political violence | Violence
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17. Erased from space and consciousness
: Israel and the depopulated Palestinian villages of 1948
by Kadman, Noga and Reider, Dimi, translator and Neiman, Ofer, translator and Yiftachel, Oren, 1956- author of foreword
2015, ISBN 9780253016706, xix, 256 pages
Palestinian Arabs | Destruction and pillage | Israel Rural conditions | Rural conditions | Villages | Palestine History | History | Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
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18. The book smugglers of Timbuktu
: the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures
by English, Charlie, author
2017, ISBN 9780008184902, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Tombouctou (Mali) Discovery and exploration
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19. Grabież skarbów Polski
by Besala, Jerzy
2015, ISBN 8311139482, 334 p., 32 unnumbered pages of plates
1600-1699 | Destruction and pillage | Pillage | Poland | History | Cultural property
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20. Stolen words
: the Nazi plunder of Jewish books
by Glickman, Mark, 1963
2016, ISBN 082761277X, x, 327
Destruction and pillage | Libraries and national socialism | Europe | 1900 - 1999 | Libraries | Jewish libraries | History
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