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
