War Is a Racket
Subtitle: The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General, Two Other Anti=Interventionist Tracts, and Photographs from the Horror of It
Contributors: Adam Parfrey (Introduction)
Publisher: Feral House
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780922915866
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Peace studies; Politics / Current Events; War And Peace; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; General; Industries - General; History / United States / 20th Century; Political Science / International Relations; History & Theory - General; Military Science; Peace
First sentence: 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.
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. In addition to photos from the notorious 1932 anti-war book The Horror of It by Frederick A. Barber, this book includes two never-before-published anti-interventionist essays by General Butler. 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."--Jacket.