Gangsters of Capitalism

Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

432 pages

English language

Published 2022 by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-1-250-13558-2
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Highly recommend this book.

My dad was a marine, and took pride in that fact. I didn't know Much about Butler until I came across his "War is a Racket" speech. This book is a great biography.

It's not really about Butler, though. It's about the imperialism he fought for and then fought against. It's about how the US created a kitty of problems in the name of profit, and how we keep doing that.

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