Introduction: A Restless Memory of War -- 1. Making a Memory of War: Building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- 2. Discovering the Memory of Bodies: A History of American War Memorials -- 3. Seashell Monuments and Cities for the Silent: American Funerary Traditions -- 4. The Things: Remembering Bodies and Remaking the Nation -- 5. "You Are Not Forgotten": Mourning for America -- Epilogue: Public Memory at the End of the American Century
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-179) and index
