War is a Racket
eBook - ePub

War is a Racket

The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

  1. 120 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

War is a Racket

The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

About this book

General Smedley Butler's frank book shows how American war efforts were animated by big-business interests. This extraordinary argument against war by an unexpected proponent is relevant now more than ever.

Originally printed in 1935, War Is a Racket is General Smedley Butler's frank speech describing his role as a soldier as nothing more than serving as a puppet for big-business interests. In addition to photos from the notorious 1932 anti-war book The Horror of It by Frederick A. Barber, this book includes two never-before-published anti-interventionist essays by General Butler. The introduction discusses why General Butler went against the corporate war machine and how he exposed a fascist coup d'etat plot against President Franklin Roosevelt. Widely appreciated and referenced by left- and right-wingers alike, this is an extraordinary argument against war - more relevant now than ever.

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Table of contents

  1. WAR IS A RACKET
  2. Title Page
  3. Introduction
  4. WAR IS A RACKET
  5. COMMON SENSE NEUTRALITY
  6. AMENDMENT FOR PEACE
  7. THE HORROR OF IT - CAMERA RECORDS OF WAR’S GRUESOME GLORIES
  8. Copyright Page