\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Smedley Butler\u0026#8217;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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally printed in 1935, War Is a Racket is General Smedley Butler\u0026#8217;s frank speech describing his role as a soldier as nothing more than serving as a puppet for big-business interests. In addition to photos from the notorious 1932 anti-war book \u003cI\u003eThe Horror of It\u003c/I\u003e by Frederick A. Barber, this book includes two never-before-published anti-interventionist essays by General Butler. The introduction discusses why General Butler went against the corporate war machine and how he exposed a fascist coup d\u0026#8217;etat plot against President Franklin Roosevelt. Widely appreciated and referenced by left- and right-wingers alike, this is an extraordinary argument against war - more relevant now than ever.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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