War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipien

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A chilling examination into why states kill.

'Kennard reports with devastating precision.' Naomi Klein While working at the Financial Times, investigative journalist Matt Kennard uncovered a scam - a decep

Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a M