05916nam 22011055 450 991078837240332120230207214957.00-8147-8980-310.18574/9780814789803(CKB)3170000000046625(EBL)866066(OCoLC)779828394(SSID)ssj0000605782(PQKBManifestationID)11417635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605782(PQKBWorkID)10579701(PQKB)10390843(MiAaPQ)EBC866066(OCoLC)794698896(MdBmJHUP)muse10249(DE-B1597)547391(DE-B1597)9780814789803(EXLCZ)99317000000004662520200723h20092009 fg 0engurnn#---|un|utxtccrBodies of War World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 /Lisa M. BudreauNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2009]©20091 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-2518-X 0-8147-9990-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --“Pilgrims,” from Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man --Preface --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Map of ABMC Cemeteries and Monuments --Introduction --1. The Journey’s End --2. Origins --3. A Daunting Pledge --4. Charon’s Price --5. A Problem of Policy --6. Make Way for Democracy! --7. Troubled Waters --8. Bringing Them Home --9. Republican Motherhood Thrives --10. A Star of Recognition --11. A Reluctant Giant --12. A Commission Is Born --13. Sacred Space and Strife --14. We the People --15. Americans Make Waves --16. A Country for Heroes? --17. Pilgrim or Tourist? --18. Commemoration or Celebration? --19. Pilgrims’ Progress --20. Mothers and Politics --21. Mathilda’s Victory --22. Stars of Black and Gold --23. Highballs on the High Seas --24. A Personal Experience --Epilogue --Notes --Selected Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorThe 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.Political cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspectsUnited StatesWar memorialsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWar memorialsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918MonumentsUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government1919-1933United StatesSocial conditions1918-1932American.Budreau.Lisa.States.United.World.account.commemoration.competing.component.components.core.efforts.fascinating.groups.history.honor.interest.involved.killed.living.macabre.military.neglected.often.politics.processes.remembrance.repatriation.return.saga.soldiers.them.this.three.unpacks.Political cultureHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspectsWar memorialsSocial aspectsHistoryWar memorialsPolitical aspectsHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Monuments940.4/60973Budreau Lisa M.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1568457DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910788372403321Bodies of War3840600UNINA