What remains bringing America's missing home from the Vietnam War
Nearly 1,600 Americans who took part in the Vietnam War are still missing and presumed dead. Sarah Wagner tells the stories of those who mourn and continue to search for them. Today's forensic science can identify remains from mere traces, raising expectations for repatriation and forcing a new...
| Main Author: | Wagner, Sarah E., 1972- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: |
Nearly 1,600 Americans who took part in the Vietnam War are still missing and presumed dead. Sarah Wagner tells the stories of those who mourn and continue to search for them. Today's forensic science can identify remains from mere traces, raising expectations for repatriation and forcing a new reckoning with the toll of America's most fraught war.-- |
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 288 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674988347 0674988345 |