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082 0 4 _a940.460973
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBudreau, Lisa M.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aBodies of War :
_bWorld War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 /
_cLisa M. Budreau.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bNew York University Press,
_c[2009]
264 4 _c©2009
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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520 _aThe 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 political. The government and military attempted to create a patriotic consensus on the historical memory of World War I in which war dead were not only honored but used as a symbol to legitimize America's participation in a war not fully supported by all citizens.The saga of American soldiers killed in World War I and the efforts of the living to honor them is a neglected component of United States military history, and in this fascinating yet often macabre account, Lisa M. Budreau unpacks the politics and processes of the competing interest groups involved in the three core components of commemoration: repatriation, remembrance, and return. She also describes how relatives of the fallen made pilgrimages to French battlefields, attended largely by American Legionnaires and the Gold Star Mothers, a group formed by mothers of sons killed in World War I, which exists to this day. Throughout, and with sensitivity to issues of race and gender, Bodies of War emphasizes the inherent tensions in the politics of memorialization and explores how those interests often conflicted with the needs of veterans and relatives.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWar memorials
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWar memorials
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_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
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650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
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650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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653 _aBudreau.
653 _aLisa.
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653 _acomponent.
653 _acomponents.
653 _acore.
653 _aefforts.
653 _afascinating.
653 _agroups.
653 _ahistory.
653 _ahonor.
653 _ainterest.
653 _ainvolved.
653 _akilled.
653 _aliving.
653 _amacabre.
653 _amilitary.
653 _aneglected.
653 _aoften.
653 _apolitics.
653 _aprocesses.
653 _aremembrance.
653 _arepatriation.
653 _areturn.
653 _asaga.
653 _asoldiers.
653 _athem.
653 _athis.
653 _athree.
653 _aunpacks.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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