War Is a Racket (eBook)

The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

Smedley Darlington Butler (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
112 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62873-565-9 (ISBN)

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War Is a Racket is the title of two works, a speech and a booklet, by retired US Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient Smedley Darlington Butler. In these works, Butler frankly discusses from his experience as a career military officer how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, Gen. Butler made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speech, War Is a Racket. The speech was so well received that he wrote a longer version that was published in 1935, now republished with a foreword by former governor of Minnesota and New York Times bestselling author Jesse Ventura.Jesse Ventura reviews Major General Butlers original writings and brings them up to date, relating them to our current political climate. Butler was a visionary in his day, and Ventura works to show how right he was and how wrong our current democracy is. Read for the first time Butlers words with Venturas witty, yet insightful spin on this relevant work that will appeal not only to military historians, but also to those interested in the state of our country and the entire world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2013
• Einführung: Jesse Ventura
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: American soldiers • American wars • anti-war • arguments for pacifism • Big Business • big gun • classic warfare • classic wartime stories • Conflict Management • conflict respolution • economics of wars • failed wars • finances of war • foot the bill • Gun Lobby • gunmakers • history of war • inspirational military • lessons from soldiers • lessons from the trenches • lessons from war • Military • Military-Industrial Complex • military insider • Military operations • military secrets • modern warfare • National Rifle Association • Navy • Navy SEALs • no more war • NRA • Pacifism • pacifists • Peace • Peacebuilding • profiting from war • purpose of war • soldier inspiration • soldiers • special units • successful war • support our troops • Trenches • United States • United States history • united states soldiers • united states wars • US armed forces • US Army • US army special units • us mi • US wars • veterans • veteran testimonies • views on war • war equipment • warfare • war profiteers • Wars • wartime • Wartime History • what war achieves • World War 1 • World War I • world war i weapons • WW1 • wwi • wwi books
• ISBN-10: 1-62873-565-1 / 1628735651
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62873-565-9 / 9781628735659