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'''War Is a | {{title|''War is a racket''}}{{A-L disclaimer}}'''War Is a Racket''' is a speech and 1935 short book by [[Smedley D. Butler]], a retired US Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit, such as war profiteering from warfare.<ref>https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=35004638&searchType=1&permalink=y</ref> | ||
After Butler retired from the US Marine Corps in October 1931, he made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speech "War is a Racket". The speech was so well received that he wrote a longer version as a short book published in 1935. His work was condensed in '' | After Butler retired from the US Marine Corps in October 1931, he made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speech "War is a Racket". The speech was so well received that he wrote a longer version as a short book published in 1935. His work was condensed in ''Reader's Digest'' as a book supplement, which helped popularize his message. In an introduction to the ''Reader's Digest'' version, Lowell Thomas praised Butler's "moral as well as physical courage".<ref>Thomas, Lowell (1933). ''Old Gimlet Eye: Adventures of Smedley D. Butler''. Farrar & Rinehart.</ref> | ||
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War Is a Racket is a speech and 1935 short book by Smedley D. Butler, a retired US Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit, such as war profiteering from warfare.[1]
After Butler retired from the US Marine Corps in October 1931, he made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speech "War is a Racket". The speech was so well received that he wrote a longer version as a short book published in 1935. His work was condensed in Reader's Digest as a book supplement, which helped popularize his message. In an introduction to the Reader's Digest version, Lowell Thomas praised Butler's "moral as well as physical courage".[2]
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- ↑ https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=35004638&searchType=1&permalink=y
- ↑ Thomas, Lowell (1933). Old Gimlet Eye: Adventures of Smedley D. Butler. Farrar & Rinehart.