Uncle Sam Wants You : World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen
ISBN: 9780199734795 | 0199734798
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/12/2010
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In April 1917, the United States embarked on World War I--with little history of conscription, an army smaller than Romania's, and a political culture that saw little role for the federal government other than delivering the mail. Uncle Sam Wants You tells the gripping story of the American homefront in World War I, revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization led to a significant increase in power in Washington. Christopher Capozzola shows how, in the absence of a strong federal government, Americans at first mobilized society by stressing ... MORE
| Introduction: Uncle Sam Wants You | p. 3 |
| The Spirit of Selective Service: Conscription and Coercion | p. 21 |
| Between God and Country: Objecting to the Wartime State | p. 55 |
| The Obligation to Volunteer: Women and Coercive Voluntarism | p. 83 |
| Policing the Home Front: From Vigilance to Vigilantism | p. 117 |
| Responsible Speech: Rights in a Culture of Obligation | p. 144 |
| Enemy Aliens: Loyalty and the ... MORE | p. 173 |
| Conclusion: Armistice and After | p. 206 |
| Notes | p. 215 |
| Bibliography | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 321 |
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Christopher Capozzola is Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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