Seizure of Saddam Hussein's Archive of Atrocity

Bruce P. Montgomery is former professor and Director of Archives at the University of Colorado.

• Chapter I: Iraq’s Seizure of Kuwait’s HistoryChapter II: The Iraqi Kurdish Uprising: Seizure of the Anfal FilesChapter III: U.S. Seizure of Saddam’s Archives of AtrocityChapter IV: The Iraqi Jewish Archive: Contested Cultural PatrimonyChapter V: Rescue or Plunder: Struggle for the Baath Party ArchiveChapter VI: Restitution and Retribution

This study is a fascinating overview of the history of archives in Iraq and the dilemmas facing the seizure of records from an authoritarian regime. Bruce P. Montgomery, a well-known archivist, presents a number of events related to the Baathist, Kurdish, and Jewish archives and addresses how the lines between restitution and retribution become complicated.