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Major General Smedley D Butler was a military hero of the first
rank, the winner of two Medals of Honour, a true 'fighting marine'
whose courage and patriotism could not be doubted. Yet he came to
believe that the wars in which he and his men had fought and bled
and died were all pre-planned conflicts, designed not so much to
defend America as to bloat the balance sheets of US banks and
corporations. Filled with astounding details of the benefits the
few make from the sufferings of the many, 'War is A Racket' is as
relevant today as when it was first written.Mark Twain's 'The War
Prayer' was considered so explosive by his contemporaries that the
short anti-war piece was authorized for publication only after his
death.'The Complaint of Peace' was written in 1521 by Desiderius
Erasmus, one of the greatest scholars of his day, as a reaction to
the warlike times in which he lived. After an interval of nearly
500 years, this thoughtful critique of war still rings true.
General Smedley Butler's frank book shows how American war
efforts were animated by big-business interests. This extraordinary
argument against war by an unexpected proponent is relevant now
more than ever.
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