War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
by Smedley D. Butler

War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
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Author: Smedley D. Butler
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2003-04
ISBN: 0922915865
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Feral House

Book Reviews of War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

Book Review: Prescient
Summary: 5 Stars

I found that Butler's sentiment in this book is not exactly "anti-war" in the sense that he disagrees with war. He does not. Clearly there are circumstances in which he believes war is legitimate. The only sense in which he is "anti-war" is if you are talking about unnecessary wars that America fights only to further enrich the powerful and wealthy, or to use a contemporary euphemism, "protect the American way of life."

The reviewer who stated that this book is surprisingly anti-semitic needs to provide specific examples, as there are no identifiable anti-semitic statements made by the Butler. Only if you view as anti-semitic Butler's desire to do nothing about Hitler since he was not, at that time, a threat to the United States can you possibly come to the conclusion that this book contains those sentiments.

Summary of War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

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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