Uncle Sam Wanted Me

Author : Daniel Kornstein
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781665552899

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Uncle Sam Wanted Me by Daniel Kornstein Pdf

Uncle Sam Wanted Me is the story of Daniel Kornstein’s being drafted out of the comparative comforts and intellectual stimulation of law school into the rigors and worries of Army life during the Vietnam War. In clear, entertaining, and memorable language, Kornstein looks back more than half a century to explain and try to understand how he and his generation felt about and dealt with the moral issues posed by the Vietnam draft. The author describes what it was like to receive his draft notice as he studied for his first-year final exams, what his reactions were, and what choices he made and why. Like Proust, the seventy-four-year-old author moves back through time into his memory, dipping into and out of his consciousness, with his old Army dog tags as his madeleine. Kornstein turns the story of his being drafted into the Vietnam Era Army into an expansive meditation on coming of age in the shadow of an unpopular war and making important life decisions about reacting to that war. It is his eloquent attempt to use his personal experiences and moods to explore larger issues, to connect social, cultural and historical dots about the relationship between the military and civilian spheres of life in America, to think about what it even means to be an American citizen. The climax of Kornstein’s time in uniform was being assigned as a legal clerk for the prosecutors of a court-martial arising from the horrible 1968 My Lai Massacre in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed, non-combatant old men, women and children. He discusses and analyzes that case. In a final chapter, the author provides a personal long-delayed after-action report summarizing significant lessons from his two-year military experience as a draftee. He considers the pros and cons of an all-volunteer military, whether a draft is necessary and if so how to make it fair and equitable, the possibility of other forms of national service, our continuing entanglement in undeclared wars, more recent examples of war atrocities, and the residual effects of military service on individuals. Uncle Sam Wanted Me offers insights, ripened reflections, for the author’s generation as well as for a new generation that overwhelmingly isn’t personally exposed to anything military, much less the draft.

Author : Christopher Capozzola
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199830961

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Uncle Sam Wants You by Christopher Capozzola Pdf

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, obligation, and responsibility over rights and freedoms. But the heated temper of war quickly unleashed coercion on an unprecedented scale, making wartime America the scene of some of the nation's most serious political violence, including notorious episodes of outright mob violence. To solve this problem, Americans turned over increasing amounts of power to the federal government. In the end, whether they were some of the four million men drafted under the Selective Service Act or the tens of millions of home-front volunteers, Americans of the World War I era created a new American state, and new ways of being American citizens.

Author : H. Irving Hancock
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547513445

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Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops. Or, Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by H. Irving Hancock Pdf

"Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops. Or, Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche" by H. Irving Hancock. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Sylvia Whitman
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822517280

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Uncle Sam Wants You! by Sylvia Whitman Pdf

Describes the experiences of men and women in the United States armed services during World War II, discussing such topics as the draft, boot camp, stateside duty, and combat in Europe and the Pacific.

Author : Elizabeth Nyamayaro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982113025

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I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro Pdf

"When severe draught hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth, then eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life purpose. Unable to move from hunger, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life. This transformative moment inspired Elizabeth to become a humanitarian, and she vowed to dedicate her life to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. Grounded by the African concept of ubuntu--"I am because we are"--I Am a Girl from Africa charts Elizabeth's quest in pursuit of her dream from the small village of Goromonzi to Harare, London, New York, and beyond, where she eventually became a Senior Advisor at the United Nations and launched HeForShe, one of the world's largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. For over two decades, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change in communities all around the world; uplifting the lives of others, just as her life was once uplifted. The memoir brings to vivid life one extraordinary woman's story of persevering through incredible odds and finding her true calling--while delivering an important message of hope and empowerment in a time when we need it most"--

Author : Christopher Joseph Nicodemus Capozzola
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015077633868

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Uncle Sam Wants You by Christopher Joseph Nicodemus Capozzola Pdf

A powerful account of America's first mass mobilization, revealing how the homefront tensions of World War I dramatically changed the modern American state.

Author : David Allen Goodwin
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781401079277

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No Matter What by David Allen Goodwin Pdf

NO MATTER WHAT David A Goodwin Normal MTomolonis 2 2 2003-04-14T20:57:00Z 2003-04-14T20:57:00Z 2 664 3789 31 7 4653 9.2720 NO MATTER WHAT, VOLUMES ONE AND TWO, tells the life story of Dr. David Goodwin from his birth to his retirement from the mental health profession at age sixty three. Goodwin's tells of his difficulty in dealing with his childhood education and his dislike of academia in general. However, he managed to overcome his early educational difficulties eventually earning a bachelors degree, two masters degrees and a doctorate degree. Goodwin says he was born with horse manure in his blood and that he wanted to be a rancher and cowboy for as long as he could remember. He spent much of his young life on farms and wanting to spend the rest of his life in the in the saddle. Goodwin says that when he was a kid in high school he was privileged to spend several years working nights as a houseparent at a school for the deaf and blind. He writes about that experience and says it taught him to be responsible and to have empathy for others. Goodwin's written work shares his early efforts to gain a military career and how the military shaped

Author : Dean Mosley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1716145945

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I Am Uncle Sam (Hardcover) by Dean Mosley Pdf

The second half of the twentieth century saw the United States endure a series of paradigm changes on the cultural, political, and social level. Spread out over the span of some fifty years, the population gradually acclimated to those paradigm shifts, but in this alternate timeline, that is not the case. A dramatic change in demographics, overstepping of federal power, and polarization of ideologies all occur within the span of a single decade, giving rise to religious zealotry, ethnic tribalism, extreme views on authority, and more. I Am Uncle Sam explores the woes and drives of American Nationalism from the perspectives of four disenfranchised young men whose lives become tied to the events of a Second American Civil War; a story that demonstrates how love for homeland becomes hatred for all which threatens it.

Author : Mary Herring Wright
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1563680807

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Sounds Like Home by Mary Herring Wright Pdf

New edition available: Sounds Like Home: Growing Up Black and Deaf in the South, 20th Anniversary Edition, ISBN 978-1-944838-58-4 Features a new introduction by scholars Joseph Hill and Carolyn McCaskill Mary Herring Wright's memoir adds an important dimension to the current literature in that it is a story by and about an African American deaf child. The author recounts her experiences growing up as a deaf person in Iron Mine, North Carolina, from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her story is unique and historically significant because it provides valuable descriptive information about the faculty and staff of the North Carolina school for Black deaf and blind students from the perspective of a student as well as a student teacher. In addition, this engrossing narrative contains details about the curriculum, which included a week-long Black History celebration where students learned about important Blacks such as Madame Walker, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and George Washington Carver. It also describes the physical facilities as well as the changes in those facilities over the years. In addition, Sounds Like Home occurs over a period of time that covers two major events in American history, the Depression and World War II. Wright's account is one of enduring faith, perseverance, and optimism. Her keen observations will serve as a source of inspiration for others who are challenged in their own ways by life's obstacles.

Author : Uncle Sam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : OXFORD:600100896

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Uncle Sam's Visit. A Tale for Children by Uncle Sam Pdf

Author : David D. Lee
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813145884

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Sergeant York by David D. Lee Pdf

A stirring account of the heroic World War I exploits and life of Tennessean Alvin C. York. “Reads like a good novel.” —Southern Living In a brief encounter on October 8, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, Alvin C. York killed 25 German soldiers and, almost singlehandedly, effected the capture of 132 others. Returning to the United States the following spring, he received a tumultuous public welcome and a flood of offers from businessmen eager to capitalize on his acclaimed feat. But York, true to his character, went quietly back to his home in the Tennessee mountains, where he spent the remainder of his life working to bring schools and other services to those remote valleys where his neighbors lived. In this definitive biography, David D. Lee goes beyond that single wartime episode, however, to consider its consequences on York’s later life—his efforts, not always successful, to better his mountain community; his involvement in making a motion picture of his life; his difficulties with money and taxes. But Sergeant York is better known as a symbol than as an individual, and in this study Lee connects the man and his life to an American heroic ideal. With his rural background, his refusal to take commercial advantage of his fame, and his simple piety, Alvin York exemplified the traditional values of an agrarian America that was in his own day already receding into the past. He claimed a special place in the hearts of his countrymen, Lee concludes, because his life seemed to show that the virtues of the common man continued to be a vital part of American society.

Author : Paul Garner,Sharon F. Mrotek Kissane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786405813

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Mousie Garner by Paul Garner,Sharon F. Mrotek Kissane Pdf

Paul "Mousie" Garner's career as a stooge (a "fall guy" or "assistant" to the head clown) began in vaudeville, when he and his partner were firing off jokes and one-liners, as well as leaping over oil-drums. Another part of the act, which could run as often as five times a day, involved Garner getting smashed over the head with plastic ukuleles. Garner's big break came when, across town, funnyman Ted Healy parted ways with his sidekicks, who went on to greater fame as The Three Stooges. Garner was then hired as a replacement stooge-and soon learned that Healy, unlike other slapstick comedians, actually slapped his partners in the face instead of just pretending. Thus was Garner given his first real lesson in the fine arts of stooging, which demanded quick reflexes and perfect timing. In fact, it was Healy who came up with the nickname "Mousie" because Garner was always so jumpy, nervous and quick. Needless to say the name stuck; and Mousie Garner would go on to form "The Rollicking Mousie Garner Trio," join the touring "New Stooges," and work steadily in radio, television, theater, clubs and movies.

Author : Mark Gruenwald
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302935016

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U.S.Agent by Mark Gruenwald Pdf

Collects Captain America (1968) #333; U.S.Agent (1993) #1-4; U.S.Agent (2001) #1-3; material from Captain America (1968) #358-362, 380-382; Avengers West Coast (1989) #100. An all-American hero with an attitude! First he was the heroic Super-Patriot, and then he was Steve Rogers’ replacement as Captain America — but John Walker’s true destiny lay in the red, white and black garb of the U.S.Agent, and these are some of his edgiest adventures! First, see how Walker comes to wield Cap’s shield! Then, U.S.Agent hunts the murderous Scourge of the Underworld and seeks answers about mixed-up memories that throw his past into doubt! When U.S.Agent is handpicked by the Commission to take charge of the country’s superhuman incarceration, it’s his chance to finally get out of Captain America’s shadow — unless a deadly conspiracy, a woman from his past and his own bullheadedness mess it all up!

Author : Shane Esmond
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479775859

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Jack's Chase by Shane Esmond Pdf

Its 1991 and despite the good life Jack OSullivan now enjoys, theres still a burning passion to get to the bottom of the Ben Cale mystery which has plagued him since Vietnam. With some new evidence uncovered since their reunion in 1980, can he and his friends follow the trail to its end without drawing the attention of the watching C.I.A? Is Ben really still alive? What is the C.I.A hiding? What was in the strange package he left in Iowa? Find out in this, the third book in the Jacks Chase series. It is also the third published book from Shane Esmond, who lives in Emerald, Central Queensland, Australia.

Author : Elgin Baylor,Alan Eisenstock
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780544617056

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Hang Time by Elgin Baylor,Alan Eisenstock Pdf

Elgin Baylor's memoir of an epic all-star career in the NBA--during which he transformed basketball from a horizontal game to a vertical one--and his fights against racism during his career as a player and as general manager of the LA Clippers under the infamous Donald Sterling People think of Elgin Baylor as one of the greatest basketball players in the history of the game--and one of the NBA's first black superstars--but the full extent of his legacy stretches beyond his spectacular, game-changing shots and dunks. With startling symmetry, Baylor recounts his story: flying back and forth between the U.S. Army and the Lakers, his time as a central figure in the great Celtics-Lakers rivalry and how he helped break down color barriers in the sport,his 1964 All-Star game boycott, his early years as an executive for the New Orleans Jazz, and twenty-two years as general manager for the notorious L.A. Clippers and Donald Sterling, spent fighting to draft and sign young, black phenoms--only to be hamstrung by his boss at every turn. No one has seen the league change, and has worked to bring change, more than Baylor. Year after year, he continued to fight and persevere against racism. At the beginning of his career, he was forced to stay in separate hotel rooms. From those days to today's superstardom, he has had a front-row view of the game's elevation to one of America's favorite sports. For the first time, Elgin Baylor tells his full story. He's played with the legends, lived with them, andknows more about the NBA than anyone living, and is finally ready to set the record straight.