num_pages: 51
description: 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.
language: English
title: War Is A Racket
titlecomplete: War Is A Racket
genres: War, Politics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Essays, American History, Economics, Military History, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 6360
publisher: Revisionist Press