Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Forgetting the Remembered War at the Korean War Veterans Memorial 21
7. 2. Legitimating the National Family with the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial 59
8. 3. The Nearly Invisible Women in Military Service for America Memorial 96
9. 4. Impossible Soldiers and the National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism during World War II 122
10. 5. “We Leave You Our Deaths, Give Them Their Meaning”: Triumph and Tragedy at the National World War II Memorial 152
11. Epilogue 196
12. Notes 199
13. Selected Bibliography 229
14. Index 243