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Butler, a retired united states marine corps major general and twotime medal of honor recipient. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Incredible essay by general smedley butler dear friends, that war is a racket has been told us by many, but rarely by one of this stature. War is a racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by smedley d. A racket is best described, i believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. In war is a racket, butler points to a variety of examples, mostly from world war i, where industrialists whose operations were subsidised by public funding were able to generate substantial profits essentially from mass human suffering. War is a racket pdf by smedley butler free download. In addition, but maj gen smedley butler on interventionism excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933. Copy of mnemotechniki by agnieszka rudzkagajda on prezi. Fbi file on antiwar activist smedley butler, author of war is a racket.
It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. Butler then rips into war profiteers who never shouldered a rifle yet made millions in blood money. War is a racket is marine general, smedley butler s classic treatise on why wars are conducted, who profits from them, and who pays the price. Civil disturbances pdf, was written in april 2014 and recently obtained by. We deliver all best books for free in the pdf format and read it on any device. In 1935, he penned his nowclassic work, war is a racket. In the book, butler discusses how businesses profit from conflict.
War is a racket is a famous anti war book written by retired major general smedley buter. Jan 15, 2015 somewhat less wellknown than eisenhowers is a 1935 speech by general smedley butler titled war is a racket. Oct 05, 2009 upon his retirement, butler began traveling the country and speaking out against war profiteering. Events in ethiopia indicate that all too soon it will be our turn to play the cards. Pdf war is a racket download full pdf book download. Peters, of philadelphia, june 30, war is a racket by major general smedley butler contents chapter 1.
This pdf is within the public domain, therefore can be used for personal usage. Somewhat less wellknown than eisenhowers is a 1935 speech by general smedley butler titled war is a racket. The new york times reported that butler had told friends that general hugh s. Johnson, former head of the national recovery administration, was to be installed as dictator, and that the j.
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