Research Catalog

Title

Burying America's World War dead / Tracy Fisher.

Author

Fisher, Tracy, J.D., Ph.D.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xxiv, 301 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

After the World War ended, the families of the American war dead were faced with a difficult choice. Political leaders like former President Theodore Roosevelt were encouraging families to leave the dead with their comrades in European cemeteries to create stronger political ties between the United States and Europe. Grieving families found that their decision on where to bury the dead had become a political choice. How did families advocate for their own views? How were disputes within families resolved? And how did families make their final decisions about where the dead should be buried? Through an in-depth examination of the correspondence between the United States government and the families of the dead, this book will examine how families fought to ensure that the government gave them what they needed. As the months stretched into years before the war dead were given final burials, the families of the dead demanded that the government give them the respect and honor they felt they deserved as the next of kin of those who had given their lives for the nation. The practices and traditions that the government developed in response to these demands set patterns that still guide the way that the military treats the families of the war dead today.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in First World War history

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in First World War history.

Subject

• World War (1914-1918)
• 1900-1999
• World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > United States
• World War, 1914-1918 > Repatriation of war dead > United States
• World War, 1914-1918 > Casualties > United States
• Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of > United States > History > 20th century
• Families of military personnel > United States > History > 20th century
• Mothers of war casualties > United States > History > 20th century
• Repatriation of war dead > United States > History
• Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States > History > 20th century
• Burial > United States > History
• Battle casualties
• Burial
• Families of military personnel
• Funeral rites and ceremonies
• Mothers of war casualties
• Repatriation of war dead
• Social aspects
• Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of
• United States

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Families join the debate over where to bury the war dead -- Families correspond with the Graves Registration Service -- Family members fight to be "next of kin" -- Families seek control over the bodies of the dead -- Searching for the missing, identifying the unknown -- Families decide where the American war dead will be buried -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 19-6639

ISBN

• 9781138368132
• 113836813X
• 9780429429408 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780429769849 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780429769856 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780429769832 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018047519

OCLC

1057242928

Author

Fisher, Tracy, J.D., Ph.D., author.

Title

Burying America's World War dead / Tracy Fisher.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

[First edition].

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in First World War history

Routledge studies in First World War history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Other Form:

ebook version : 9780429769849

Research Call Number

JFE 19-6639