Five Ways to Look at a Corpse: The Dead in Normandy, 1944

We prefer to think of war as producing heroes, not corpses. Perhaps for this reason, military historians have rarely focused on the dead. Roberts argues that much can be learned about WWII's meaning for its combatants by exploring how corpses were perceived by U.S. and German soldiers, as well as military officials, French civilians, and the American public.

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