Bodies of war : World War I and the politics of commemoration in America, 1919-1933 /
The United States lost thousands of troops during World War I, and the government gave next-of-kin a choice about what to do with their fallen loved ones: ship them home for burial or leave them permanently in Europe, in makeshift graves that would be eventually transformed into cemeteries in France...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
New York University Press,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The United States lost thousands of troops during World War I, and the government gave next-of-kin a choice about what to do with their fallen loved ones: ship them home for burial or leave them permanently in Europe, in makeshift graves that would be eventually transformed into cemeteries in France, Belgium, and England. World War I marked the first war in which the United States government and military took full responsibility for the identification, burial, and memorialization of those killed in battle, and as a result, the process of burying and remembering the dead became intensely politi. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 317 pages :) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780814789803 0814789803 |