num_pages: 62
description: As a patriot and nationalist, he (Butler) 'fervently opposed actions which might lead to American military involvement abroad.' When World War II broke out in 1939, he declared that the U.S. did not have 'one solitary blessed thing to do with the making of this mess over there, and there is no possible sane and logical reason why we should feel any impulse to take a hand in it.' Yet he supported a strong military rather than disarmament. The U.S., he insisted, should build an 'iron-clad defense a rat couldn't crawl through'."
language: English
title: War is a Racket
titlecomplete: War is a Racket
genres: History, Philosophy, Economics, American History, War, Military History, Essays, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 6360
publisher: Noontide Press