War dead Western societies and the casualties of war
Wars in the industrial age kill large numbers of people. What do societies involved in these conflicts do with all the corpses? How do they show them respect? How do they dispose of them? What is their attitude to the bodies of the enemies?In the 19th century, those who died on the battlefield were...
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
2006, 2006
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| Collection: | JSTOR Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- War dead
- Identifying the dead to mourn them properly?
- Armies and states faced with their dead
- What should be done with enemy corpses?
- Ways of bidding farewell
- Ritualised mourning in acts of commemoration
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-193) and index