| Description |
1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Obligations of care -- The science of accounting -- Trust, expectations, and the ethics of certainty -- A recovery mission -- The time in between -- In absentia -- Conclusion. |
| 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.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Missing in action -- United States.
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Missing in action -- Vietnam -- Identification.
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Missing in action. |
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Vietnam. |
| Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Repatriation of war dead -- United States.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Search and rescue operations -- United States.
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Grief -- United States.
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United States. |
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Grief. |
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HISTORY -- Military -- Vietnam War. |
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Repatriation of war dead. |
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Search and rescue operations. |
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Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
| Chronological Term |
1961-1975 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wagner, Sarah E., 1972- What remains. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019 9780674988347 (DLC) 2019014450 (OCoLC)1089967964 |
| ISBN |
9780674243606 (PDF) |
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0674243609 (PDF) |
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9780674243613 (electronic book) |
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0674243617 (electronic book) |
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9780674988347 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0674988345 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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