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Name: War is a racket
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Author: Smedley D. Butler

In War is a Racket, retired Marine Major Smedley D. Butler examines the economic mechanics of war, revealing how corporate and political interests turn conflict into a lucrative business. He critiques the use of propaganda and the neglect of service members, urging a moral reassessment of war's true costs.

First publish date: 1935

Genre: Politics & Government/Political Theory

Authors: Smedley D. Butler

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📘 War Is a Racket

by Smedley Darlington Butler

"War Is a Racket is the title of two works, a speech and a booklet, by retired US Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient Smedley Darlington Butler. In these works, Butler frankly discusses from his experience as a career military officer how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, Gen. Butler made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speech, "War Is a Racket." The speech was so well received that he wrote a longer version that was published in 1935, now republished with a foreword by former governor of Minnesota and New York Times bestselling author Jesse Ventura."--Amazon.com.

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