Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgements xviii
6. 1 War dead 1
7. 2 Identifying the dead to mourn them properly? 22
8. 3 Armies and states faced with their dead 37
9. 4 What should be done with enemy corpses? 76
10. 5 Ways of bidding farewell 114
11. 6 Ritualised mourning in acts of commemoration 149
12. Epilogue: The presence of dead bodies 180
13. Bibliography 184
14. Index 195