Designs of Destruction
The Making of Monuments in the Twentieth Century
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

1. “Wardens of Civilization”: Conservation and Diplomacy at the 1931 Athens Conference
2. “Battles Designed to Preserve”: The Allies’ Lists of Monuments in World War II
3. Unwitting City Planning: Maps of Monuments and the American Bombing of Europe, 1943–1945
Bridge: Let’s Visit UNESCO House
4. “Stones Also Die”: UNESCO and the Decolonization of Museums, 1960–1975
5. Integrities: The Salvage of Abu Simbel, 1960–1980
Coda: Viscosities
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
List of Archives
Notes
Modernist Studies Association: Modernist Studies Association--First Book Prize
Short Listed
Architecture: History of Architecture
History: European History | History of Ideas
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