num_pages: 79
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: History, Philosophy, Economics, American History, War, Military History, Essays, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 6360
publisher: Feral House