The case of Iraq and the context of looting. Preserving Iraq's heritage from looting : what went wrong (within the United States) / Lawrence Rothfield -- Preparations at the Iraq Museum in the lead-up to war / Donny George Youkhanna and McGuire Gibson -- Thieves of Baghdad : the looting of the Iraq Museum / Matthew Bogdanos -- Who are the looters at archaeological sites in Iraq? / Joanne Farchakh-Bajjaly -- See no evil : museums, art collectors, and the black markets they adore / Matthew Bogdanos -- The western market in Iraqi antiquities / Neil Brodie -- Preventing future looting after armed combat : the way forward for legislative bodies with respect to international law. The 1954 Hague Convention on the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict : its background and prospects for ratification in the United States / Patty Gerstenblith -- The implementation of international treaties at the national level : law and practice / Guido Carducci -- The way forward for legislative bodies and military commanders : beyond implementing international law -- Congressional responses to the looting of Iraq's cultural property / Patty Gerstenblith and Katharyn Hanson -- The chain of command / J. Holmes Armstead, Jr. -- The way forward for military and civilian war planners. Bridging the public security gap : stability police units in contemporary peace operations and the center of excellence for stability police units / Michael Dziedzic and Christine Stark -- Italian carabinieri and the protection of Iraq's cultural heritage / Carabinieri Unit for the Protection and Safeguarding of Italian Cultural Heritage -- Technology for the prevention of cultural theft / John B. Alexander -- Sidebar : a failed security plan for Iraq / Laura Page -- The way forward for postwar reconstruction planners. The way ahead : a five-point plan for future action / Matthew Bogdanos -- Assignment blue shield : the looting of the Iraq museum and cultural property at war / Corine Wegener -- The role of NATO and civil military affairs / Joris D. Kila -- The way forward for governmental and intergovernmental agencies. Practical and policy considerations in protecting cultural heritage and preventing looting during international peace and stability operations / Christopher J. Hoh -- UNESCO and the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in postconflict situations : efforts at UNESCO to establish an intergovernmental fund for the protection of cultural property in times of conflict / Mounir Bouchenaki -- Engaging interagency processes to protect cultural sites : communities, authorities, and capabilities / Scott R. Feil -- The way forward for cultural ministries, departments, and agencies. Governmental agencies and the protection of cultural property in times of war / Nancy C. Wilkie -- What cultural ministries and heritage sites should do to prepare for conflict / McGuire Gibson and Donny George Youkhanna -- The way forward for cultural heritage NGOs -- Preventing looting after armed combat : the way forward for U.S. nongovernmental cultural heritage organizations / Bonnie Burnham and Stephen K. Urice -- Appendix A. International conventions and recommendations related to the protection of cultural heritage -- Appendix B. Excerpts from the 1954 Hague Convention and the 1954 first protocol -- Appendix C. Policy recommendations as of August 2006 -- Appendix D. A closer look at NATO CIMIC doctrine -- Appendix E. Technologies for the protection of cultural property.