Playing for Uncle Sam
Playing for Uncle Sam

Author: David Tossell

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781840187489

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This is the British professionals' story of life in the North American Soccer League in the 1970s and early 1980s, when everyone--from star turn to unsung journeyman--had the chance to play alongside Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, and Eusebio in the greatest galaxy of world stars ever assembled in one league. To mark the 20th anniversary of the NASL's final season in 1984, Playing For Uncle Sam recalls the British players and coaches who were part of an organization that changed the face of football with its shoot-outs, new offside rule, and wacky marketing methods. Through interviews with many of the British contingent who accepted the offer of the Yankee dollar, Playing For Uncle Sam recalls one of the most fascinating episodes in football history--the remarkable rise and chaotic collapse of the NASL.

Uncle Sam's Kids
Uncle Sam's Kids

Author: Angela Sportelli-Rehak

Publisher: Abidenme Books Publishing

Published: 2004-01-15

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9780971451513

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Three children discover Daddy will leave on deployment. They learn fun ways to deal with separation anxiety and show they care while Dad is gone.

Uncle Sam Wants You
Uncle Sam Wants You

Author: Christopher Capozzola

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-04-12

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 0199830967

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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.

Stop Working for Uncle Sam
Stop Working for Uncle Sam

Author: Sunday Adelaja

Publisher: Golden Pen Limited

Published: 2017-03-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781908040343

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In this book you will learn: - How to escape Uncle Sam's bait - Are you a ma ser or a slave of money - What is the purpose of work - How to discover yourself and add value to your life - You will earn how to escape from the slavery to salary - You will learn how to sart your life again fnancially - You will learn how not to become a slave to the employer - You will discover if you are imprisoned by your job or not and how to come out - You will learn other ways Uncle Sam's sysem puts people in bondage - You will learn how to be truly free fnancially

Uncle Sam Can't Count
Uncle Sam Can't Count

Author: Burton W. Folsom

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0062292714

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An enlightening overview of America’s misadventures in economic investment from the Revolutionary era to the Obama administration. From the days of George Washington through World War II to today, government subsidies have failed the American people time and again. Draining the Treasury of cash, this doomed attempt to “pick winners” only serves to impede economic growth—and hurt the very companies receiving aid. But why does federal aid seem to have a reverse Midas touch? In Uncle Sam Can’t Count, Burt and Anita Folsom argue that federal officials don’t have the same abilities or incentives as entrepreneurs. In addition, federal control always leads to politicization. And what works for politicians often doesn’t work in the marketplace. Filled with examples of government failures and free market triumphs, from John Jacob Astor to the Wright Brothers, World War II amphibious landing craft to Detroit, Uncle Sam Can’t Count is a hard-hitting critique of government investment that demonstrates why business should be left exclusively to private entrepreneurs.

Uncle Sam’s Policemen
Uncle Sam’s Policemen

Author: Katherine Unterman

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2015-10-19

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0674915895

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Extraordinary rendition—the practice of abducting criminal suspects in locations around the world—has been criticized as an unprecedented expansion of U.S. police powers. But America’s aggressive pursuit of fugitives beyond its borders far predates the global war on terror. Uncle Sam’s Policemen investigates the history of international manhunts, arguing that the extension of U.S. law enforcement into foreign jurisdictions at the turn of the twentieth century forms an important chapter in the story of American empire. In the late 1800s, expanding networks of railroads and steamships made it increasingly easy for criminals to evade justice. Recognizing that domestic law and order depended on projecting legal authority abroad, President Theodore Roosevelt declared in 1903 that the United States would “leave no place on earth” for criminals to hide. Charting the rapid growth of extradition law, Katherine Unterman shows that the United States had fifty-eight treaties with thirty-six nations by 1900—more than any other country. American diplomats put pressure on countries that served as extradition havens, particularly in Latin America, and cloak-and-dagger tactics such as the kidnapping of fugitives by Pinkerton detectives were fair game—a practice explicitly condoned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The most wanted fugitives of this period were not anarchists and political agitators but embezzlers and defrauders—criminals who threatened the emerging corporate capitalist order. By the early twentieth century, the long arm of American law stretched around the globe, creating an informal empire that complemented both military and economic might.

Recruiting for Uncle Sam
Recruiting for Uncle Sam

Author: David R. Segal

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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Which citizens have fought America's wars? Which ones should fight in the future, and how should they be recruited? Should military or other national service be an obligation for every citizen? David Segal's probing look at the complex issues behind these questions tells us much about the changing manpower needs of our armed forces and about the evolution of civil-military relations in the United States. Segal analyzes the mobilization, contributions, and limitations of drafted, reservist, and volunteer forces from the early days of the republic to the present. In the process, he shows how Americans have come to separate the benefits of citizenship from service to their country. Symptomatic of this separation is the current reliance on an all-volunteer military, a system that treats military service more as an occupation and opportunity for self-advancement than as a civic duty and obligation. Drawing on a vast interdisciplinary literature in American history, sociology, political science, and economics, Segal illuminates the ways demographics, weapons technology, international relations, scientific management, and social policies have all affected the composition of America's armed forces. He also shows how the military anticipated and expanded the American welfare system and played a pivotal role in creating better opportunities for minorities and women. The capabilities and performance of U.S. armed forces in future conflicts will depend on a thorough understanding of and informed response to the crucial manpower issues Segal discusses. His thoughtful study should be required reading for military professionals and policymakers and will be of interest to anyone concerned about the future of this country's armed forces.

God and Uncle Sam
God and Uncle Sam

Author: Michael Francis Snape

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 1843838923

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America's armed forces were the products of one of the most diverse and dynamic religious cultures in the western world and were the largest ever to be raised by a professedly religious society. Despite constitutional constraints, a pre-war 'religious depression', and the myriad pitfalls of war, religion played a crucial role in helping more than sixteen million uniformed Americans through the ordeal of World War II, a fact that had profound and far-reaching implications for the religious development of post-war America.--Provided by publisher.

Uncle Sam: the Man and the Legend
Uncle Sam: the Man and the Legend

Author: Alton Ketchum

Publisher:

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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The story of America's early symbols, the Uncle Sam image, and the cartoonists who created them through the years.