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Thieves of Baghdad one Marine's passion to recover the world's greatest stolen treasures

Main Author: Bogdanos, Matthew.
Other Authors: Patrick, William, 1948-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
Subjects:
Matḥaf al-ʻIrāqī.
Iraq War, 2003- > Destruction and pillage.
Iraq War, 2003- > Personal narratives, American.
Archaeological thefts > Iraq.
Thieves > Iraq.
Iraq > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • In medias res
  • Pattern recognition
  • Hector's ghost
  • A visit to the underworld
  • Mobilization
  • The irrational tenth
  • Exfiltration and infiltration
  • Babylon
  • Life among the ruins
  • Keeping heads
  • Beware the rabbit in a rage
  • Of hammered gold
  • What does military duty look like?
  • It's all about the price
  • Whatever remains.

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