War Is A Racket by Major General Smedley Butler
Smedley Darlington Butler
•Born: West Chester, Pa., July 30, 1881
•Educated: Haverford School
•Married: Ethel C. Peters, of Philadelphia, June 30, 1905
•Awarded two congressional medals of honor:
1.capture of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914
2.capture of Ft. Riviere, Haiti, 1917
•Distinguished service medal, 1919
•Major General - United States Marine Corps
•Retired Oct. 1, 1931
•On leave of absence to act as director of Dept. of Safety, Philadelphia, 1932
•Lecturer -- 1930's
•Republican Candidate for Senate, 1932
•Died at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, June 21, 1940
•For more information about Major General Butler, contact the United States Marine Corps.
Chapter 1: War Is A Racket
Chapter 2: Who Makes The Profits?
Chapter 3: Who Pays The Bills?
Chapter 4: How To Smash This Racket!
Chapter 5: To Hell With War!
Major General Butler writes about primarily WW I, the war to end all wars, and it's costs not only in blood and treasure, but the fucked up society it leaves behind.
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It has been estimated by statisticians and economists and researchers that the war cost your Uncle Sam $52,000,000,000. Of this sum, $39,000,000,000 was expended in the actual war itself. This expenditure yielded $16,000,000,000 in profits. That is how the 21,000 billionaires and millionaires got that way. This $16,000,000,000 profits is not to be sneezed at. It is quite a tidy sum. And it went to a very few.
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