Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ghosts of war
The ghosts of the American War
Dealing with strangers
Ghosts and the state
2. Mass excavation
The exodus of the dead
Apparitions in Cam Re
The ghost of an American officer
Vietnam-American joint venture
3. Missing in action
Politics of home burial
New MIA program
Brotherly conflict
Two ways to end the cold war
4. The phantom leg
The network of war
The infrastructure of revolution
Tiger temple
Same, same
Lap the amputee
The hidden history of the missing leg
5. Death in the street
Intimacy with displaced souls
Mother of the home-place
Homesickness
Distant reciprocity
One man's ghost is another man's ancestor
6. Transforming ghosts
The taste of phantom salt
Lien Hoa
Intrusive ghosts
Mobility
The network of spirits
The spirit of a born-and-bred communist
Letters from the prison
Liberation
Making kinship
7. Money for ghosts
Death and wealth
Old money and new money
Heads and tails
Money's two destinations
Money and liberty
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index.