@article{1481739,
      recid = {1481739},
      author = {Budreau, Lisa M.,},
      title = {Bodies of War : World War I and the Politics of  Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {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 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1481739},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814789803.001.0001},
}