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War Is a Racket - The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier (Paperback) Loot Price: R344
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War Is a Racket - The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier (Paperback): Smedley Darlington Butler

War Is a Racket - The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier (Paperback)

Smedley Darlington Butler; Introduction by Jesse Ventura; Foreword by David Talbot; Afterword by Cindy Sheehan

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US Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler collected an award cabinet full of medals for his battlefield bravery. But perhaps his bravest act of all was to declare, after his retirement in the early 1930s, who was really winning (and losing) during the bloody clashes. It was business interests, he revealed, who commercially benefited from warfare. War Is a Racket is the title of the influential speech Butler delivered on a tour across the United States, as well the expanded version of the talk that was later published in 1935 and is now reprinted here. This seminal piece of writing rings as true today as it did during Butler's lifetime. In his introduction, Jesse Ventura reviews Butler's original writings and relates them to our current political climate explaining how right he was, and how wrong our current system is. With an insightful new foreword by Salon.com founder David Talbot, and a new afterword by activist Cindy Sheehan, this portable reference will appeal to anyone interested in the state of our country and the entire world. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2016
Authors: Smedley Darlington Butler
Introduction by: Jesse Ventura
Foreword by: David Talbot
Afterword by: Cindy Sheehan
Dimensions: 178 x 127 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0427-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Armaments industries
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LSN: 1-5107-0427-2
Barcode: 9781510704275

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