Lawrence Rothfield

Author of The Rape of Mesopotamia: Behind the Looting of the Iraq Museum

About the Author

Lawrence Rothfield is Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago

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Works by Lawrence Rothfield

The Measure of Man: Liberty, Virtue, and Beauty in the Florentine Renaissance (2021) 24 copies, 1 review

Unsettling Sensation: Arts-Policy Lessons from the Brooklyn Museum Art Controversy (The Public Life of the Arts Series) (2001) 22 copies

Vital Signs (1992) 12 copies

Antiquities under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection after the Iraq War (2008) 11 copies, 1 review

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Organizations: University of Chicago

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peacepalacelibrary 19 reviews

Antiquities under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection after the Iraq War by Lawrence Rothfield

22 Excellent chapters describing the terrible fate of Iraq's cultural heritage as a result of the war of 2003. Could this disaster have been prevented and how can this be prevented in the future. For more literature on this subject , see the Peace Palace library Bibliography on the Cultural Heritage of Mankind : http://www.ppl.nl/bibliographies/all/?bibliography=heritage

May 29, 2008

Paul_S 941 reviews

The Measure of Man: Liberty, Virtue, and Beauty in the Florentine Renaissance by Lawrence Rothfield