Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen

by Christopher Capozzola

Book Overview

Based on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans, Uncle Sam Wants You offers a vivid and provocative new interpretation of American political history, revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization during World War I led to a significant increase in power for the federal government. Christopher Capozzola shows how, when the war began, Americans at first mobilized society by stressing duty,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199734798
• ISBN13: 9780199734795
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"