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Bodies of War - World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 (Hardcover)
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Bodies of War - World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 (Hardcover)
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Dissects the politics of commemoration of soldiers, veterans, and
relatives from WWI 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.
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