Burying America's World War Dead

ISBN-13: 9780367661021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 302 str.

Tracy Fisher

Opis

Through an examination of the correspondence between the US government and the families of the dead, this book examines how families fought to ensure that the government gave them what they needed.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: Families Join the Debate over Where to Bury the War Dead

2: Families Correspond with the Graves Registration Service

3: Family Members Fight to be "Next of Kin"

4: Families Seek Control over the Bodies of the Dead

5: Searching for the Missing, Identifying the Unknown

6: Families Decide Where the American War Dead will be Buried

Conclusion

Index

O autorze

Tracy Fisher is an attorney for the United States government. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School and her Doctorate of Philosophy in History from George Mason University.