War Is a Racket

By: Major General Smedley D. Butler USMC Retired

Narrated by: Jack Eddelman

A report on how the greed of a privileged few, subsidized by public funding, creates substantial profits for themselves from mass human suffering.This was a speech given by General Butler during a nationwide tour in the early 1930's, but it applies even more today! Listen as he frankly discusses, from his experience as a career military officer, how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. He then suggests several practical solutions for reducing the pillage.

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Excellent Foreshadowing of Current War Pursuits

General Smedley Butler was on point with this entire book 80 years after it was written it could not hit closer to home.

important

the books message is simple and straight to the point any reader after this books should be able to the seriousness of the MIC

Was this written in 1935 or 2025?

This should be required reading in every high school in America. I’m sick of these wars for profit. And yet here in America, we are doing it again.

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Great book

Loved this book! What a foreshadowing of issues today, sad to see its been happening forever sad sad sad sad