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War Is a Racket|Smedley D. Butler
War Is a Racket : The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
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General Butler's screed crosses all ideological boundaries. 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. 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. This elegant new edition includes additional photos from the notorious 1932 anti-war book The Horror of It by Frederick A. Barber and two never-before-published anti-interventionist essays by General Butler.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780922915866
  • ISBN-10: 0922915865
  • Publisher: Feral House
  • Publish Date: August 2003
  • Dimensions: 8.22 x 5.54 x 0.23 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.22 pounds
  • Page Count: 80

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