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134 - Christopher Capozzola: Uncle Sam, the Draft, and Vigilantes in World War I

134 - Christopher Capozzola: Uncle Sam, the Draft, and Vigilantes in World War I

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Christopher Capozzola is Professor of History and MacVicar
Faculty Fellow at MIT, where he works on the history of
citizenship, war, and the military in modern American history. In
this episode, Robinson and Chris discuss his first book, Uncle
Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American
Citizen (Oxford, 2008). More particularly, they talk about the
background of the famous Uncle Sam “I Want You!” image and its
status as a piece of propaganda, how it functioned in the United
States during World War I, the domestic reception and
consequences of the draft, and how patriotism resulted in violent
vigilante justice. Chris’s latest book is Bound by War: How the
United States and the Philippines Built America’s First Pacific
Century.

Uncle Sam Wants You: https://a.co/d/gBodfCL

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

01:04 Introduction

03:50 History as Narrative

08:01 Teaching History at MIT

12:21 Chris’s Interest in American History

14:42 The Origin and Purpose of Uncle Sam

32:48 Political Obligation and the Draft in World War I

45:06 History and Unwritten Facts

50:07 Draft Dodgers, Conscientious Objectors, and Vigilantes in
WWI

01:04:35 Historians, Philosophers, and Political Obligation

01:16:50 How World War I Was Caused by Bad Leaders

01:23:01 Free Speech During and After the War

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
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