Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
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 Itby 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.
Synopsis
General Butler's screed crosses all ideological boundaries.
Table of Contents
Introduction: How a military hero blew the whistle on corporate malfeasance / Adam Parfrey -- War is a racket / Smedley D. Butler -- Common sense neutrality / Smedley D. Butler -- An amendment for peace / Smedley D. Butler-- The horror of it : camera records of war's gruesome glories.