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Book destruction has often been carried out by authoritarian regimes, but dictatorial governments are not the only perpetrators. Extremists - through terrorism, war, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and other forms of mass violence - are also responsible for widespread cultural destruction, as Knuth demonstrates in this new book. Whether the product of passion or of a cool-headed decision to use ideas to rationalise excess, the decimation of the world's libraries has occurred throughout the 20th century, and there is no end in sight. Cultural destruction is, therefore, of increasing concern to the library community, educators, human rights and civil rights activists, and concerned citizens. Part I of the work is devoted to struggles by extremists over voice and power at the local level; in these, destruction of books and libraries was employed as a tactic of political or ethnic protest. Part II discusses the aftermath of power struggles in Germany, Afghanistan, and Cambodia: the winners were utopians who purged libraries in efforts to purify their societies and maintain power. Part III examines the fate of libraries when there is war and power vacuum. The book concludes with a discussion of the events in Iraq in 2003, and the degree of responsibility of American war strategists for the widespread pillaging that ensued after the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

Book history --- History of civilization --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- Libraries --- Book burning --- Radicalism --- Cultural property. --- Bibliothèques --- Autodafé de livres --- Radicalisme --- Biens culturels --- Destruction and pillage --- History --- Destruction et pillage --- Histoire --- 355.018 --- 02 "19" --- Gevolgen van de oorlog. Oorlogsschade --- Bibliotheekwezen--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 02 "19" Bibliotheekwezen--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 355.018 Gevolgen van de oorlog. Oorlogsschade --- Bibliothèques --- Autodafé de livres --- 024.8 --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers).

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L’ampleur des pillages effectués par les forces nazies durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans tous les pays occupés a été révélée à la Libération. Des opérations d’identification et de restitution des livres spoliés ont été mises en œuvre, notamment en Europe occidentale. En mars 2017, un colloque international, co-organisé par le Centre Gabriel Naudé de l’Enssib, posait cette question : où sont les livres spoliés par les nazis ? Une partie des contributions sont rassemblées dans cet ouvrage, plus particulièrement, celles cherchant à localiser quelque 14 000 livres spoliés déposés dans une quarantaine de bibliothèques françaises entre 1950 et 1953 et à en connaître les caractéristiques.

Libraries --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Book thefts --- Jews --- History --- Destruction and pillage --- Confiscations and contributions --- Claims --- Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) --- Bibliothèques privées --- Private libraries --- Patrimoine culturel --- Cultural property --- Destruction et pillage --- Confiscations --- Restitution --- Repatriation --- 024.8 --- 940.53 --- 027 <44> --- 027 <44> Algemene bibliotheken--Frankrijk --- Algemene bibliotheken--Frankrijk --- 940.53 Geschiedenis van Europa: Tweede Wereldoorlog--(1939-1945) (algemeen) --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Tweede Wereldoorlog--(1939-1945) (algemeen) --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Libraries - France - History - 20th century - Congresses --- World War, 1939-1945 - Destruction and pillage - France - Congresses --- Book thefts - France - History - 20th century - Congresses --- World War, 1939-1945 - Confiscations and contributions - France - Congresses --- World War, 1939-1945 - France - Claims - Congresses --- Jews - France - Claims - Congresses --- Bibliothèque nationale de France --- confiscation --- restitution --- collection d'ouvrages --- nazisme --- spoliations

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Onze contributions consacrées à différentes déclinaisons dans le temps et dans l'espace, de la Rome antique jusqu'à Bruxelles à l'aube du XXe siècle, du phénomène de destructions volontaires d'objets matériels : l'importance réelle de l'acte destructeur, sa condamnation ou sa légitimation par les contemporains, que ce soient des édifices religieux, des textes ou des actes de cannibalisme.

Wrecking --- Buildings --- Démolition --- Dommages de guerre --- History --- War damage --- Histoire --- 024.8 --- 355.018 --- 930.85 --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- Gevolgen van de oorlog. Oorlogsschade --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis --- 930.85 Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis --- 355.018 Gevolgen van de oorlog. Oorlogsschade --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- Aggressiveness. --- Architecture --- Civilization. --- Cultural property and war. --- Disasters --- HISTORY --- Human behavior. --- Iconoclasm. --- Philosophy and civilization. --- Religious architecture --- Mutilation, defacement, etc. --- Social aspects. --- World. --- Vandalism. --- Démolition --- Iconoclasm --- Idols and images --- Barbarism --- Civilisation --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Culture --- World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Aggression (Psychology) --- Aggressive behavior --- Aggressiveness (Psychology) --- Psychology --- Defensiveness (Psychology) --- Fighting (Psychology) --- Toughness (Personality trait) --- Spiritual architecture --- Defacement of architecture --- Malicious mischief --- Mutilation --- Vandalism --- Civilization and philosophy --- Civilization --- Action, Human --- Behavior, Human --- Ethology --- Human action --- Human beings --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Social sciences --- Psychology, Comparative --- Worship --- Defacement --- Behavior --- Pillage --- Political persecution --- Crime de guerre --- --Pillage --- --Histoire --- --Crime de guerre --- --Aggressiveness. --- --024.8 --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- History.