It wasn’t a matter of quality. Uncle Sam was hailed as a masterpiece upon its publication. The 1998 edition features an introduction from cultural critic Greil Marcus, and the back cover is full ...

Those posters, which showed Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer accompanied by the straightforward tagline of “I want you for U.S. Army,” cemented the symbol’s place in U.S. history.

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