Thieves of Baghdad : one marine's passion for ancient civilizations and the journey to recover the world's greatest stolen treasures
/ Matthew Bogdanos with William Patrick
- 1st U.S. ed.
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers , 2005.
- 335 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-311) and index.
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.
9781596911468
2005027652
Mathaf al-Iraqi
Iraq war, 2003- Iraq War, 2003---Personal narratives, American Archaeological thefts Antiquities