- 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 — 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
- Part 2. Cultural Heritage under Siege: Recent Cases
- Introduction — James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss
- 7. Uyghur Heritage under China’s “Anti-Religious 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 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: The Impact of the Syrian War on a World Heritage City — 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
- Part 3. Cultural Heritage and Populations at Risk
- Introduction — 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
- Part 4. Cultural Heritage and International Law
- Introduction — 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 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
- Part 5. Cultural Heritage and Military Perspectives
- Introduction — 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 Perils and Promise of “Afterwar” — Hugh Eakin
- Conclusion: Toward Research, Policy, and Action Agendas — James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss
- Suggested Readings
- Key Treaties and Documents
- Contributors
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