The foreign burial of American war dead : a history / Chris Dickon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickon, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--History.

Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of.

War casualties--United States--History.

War casualties.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

v, 302 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2011]

Summary:

"This is the history of American soldiers buried abroad since the American Revolution. It traces the evolution of American attitudes toward its war dead and provides the location of individual burial sites and the names of those interred"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Seas and Shores 3

2 Prisons and Churchyards 12

3 Safe Havens and Hasty Cemeteries 20

4 In Foreign Lands at Home 27

5 Paris and Parral 36

6 Americans in Any Uniform 44

7 Decisions to Be Made 58

8 Monuments and Pilgrimage: Search for the Lost 69

9 Scattered from the Sky 87

10 Islands and Farmlands 102

11 Expanded Families, Gracious Towns 119

12 Cold Earth and Tropical Earth 137

13 Remembered, Lost, Forgotten, Unknown 148

14 Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Events 166

15 Memorial Day 182.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786446124

0786446129

OCLC:

659753667