Bodies of war : World War I and the politics of commemoration in America, 1919-1933 / Lisa M. Budreau.

9780814725184 (paperback)
081472518X (paperback)
9780814799901 (hardcover)
0814799906 (hardcover)

New York : New York University Press, 2010.

English

xviii, 317 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

D670 .B83 2010

940.4/60973

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. In this book, the author unpacks the politics and processes of the competing interest groups involved in the three core components of commemoration: repatriation, remembrance, and return. This book emphasizes the inherent tensions in the politics of memorialization and explores how those interests often conflicted with the needs of veterans and relatives.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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