Butler, Smedley D. (Smedley Darlington) 1881-1940

War is a racket : the antiwar classic by America's most decorated General, two other anti-interventionist tracts, and photographs from The Horror of it by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 370 libraries worldwide
"Originally printed in 1935, War Is a Racket is General Smedley Butler'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 The Horror of It 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'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."--BOOK JACKET.

War is a racket by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
12 editions published between 1935 and 2010 in English and French and held by 165 libraries worldwide
A report on how the greed of a privileged few, subsidized by public funding, creates substantial profits for themselves from mass human suffering. This was a speech given by General Butler during a nationwide tour in the early 1930's, but it applies today. Listen as he frankly discusses, from his experience as a career military officer, how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. He then suggests several practical solutions for reducing the pillage.

General Smedley Darlington Butler : the letters of a leatherneck, 1898-1931 by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
4 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 118 libraries worldwide
Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was a maverick Marine, the emblem of the old corps, and one of the most controversial figures in Marine history. He was a high school dropout who became a major general; a Quaker and a devout family man who was one of the toughest of the Marines; an aristocrat who championed the common man; a leader who thought of himself as striving to help the oppressed of the countries he occupied as the commander of an imperial fighting force. This work is an annotated edition of his letters covering the period from Butler's commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in th.

The letters of a Leatherneck, 1898-1931 by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide

Walter Garvin in Mexico by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
1 edition published in 1927 in English and held by 11 libraries worldwide

War is a racket : the antiwar classic by America's most decorated General by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide

American marines in China by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
2 editions published in 1929 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide

The papers of General Smedley Darlington Butler, USMC, 1915-1918 by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
2 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide

Old Gimlet Eye by Smedley D Butler ( Book )
2 editions published in 1933 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

My dear Smedley : personal correspondence of John A. LeJeune and Smedley D. Butler 1927-1928 ( Book )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 1 library worldwide