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The remains of war : bodies, politics, and the search for American soldiers unaccounted for in Southeast Asia / Thomas M. Hawley.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hawley, Thomas M., 1970-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Politics, history, and culture.
Politics, history, and culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Missing in action--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Casualties--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (297 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An exploration of how US' efforts to sacralize and repatriate the remains of some 2,000 soldiers killed in action in the Vietnam War might indicate some lingering corporeal and ontological uncertainties in the post-Vietnam era.
Contents:
Body trouble
From unrecoverable to unaccounted for
The body of the accounted-for soldier
"Our stateside MIAs"
Practices of memorialization
The ethics of accounting.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-276) and index.
ISBN:
9786613021830
9781283021838
1283021838
9780822386575
0822386577
OCLC:
226068236

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