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War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
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War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier Paperback - 2003

by Smedley D. Butler; Introduction by Adam Parfrey

An extraordinary argument against war--more relevant now than ever, this is the anti-war classic by America's most decorated general. 40 photos.


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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 editionincludes 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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The U.S. government thanked the efforts of World War I soldiers with a "war bonus" of approximately $1,000 to be paid late as 1945.

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  • Title War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
  • Author Smedley D. Butler; Introduction by Adam Parfrey
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Not Stated
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Feral House, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780922915866 / 0922915865
  • Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.54 x 0.23 in (20.88 x 14.07 x 0.58 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects War, Defense industries
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.473
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