War is a Racket

In War Is a Racket, Marine Major General Smedley Butler uses a variety of examples to demonstrate how capitalists, subsidized by public funding, were able to generate massive profits from mass human suffering. Smedley's summary of the book in his words: War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. This book is printed on silk-coated paper, with a laminated soft cover. This A5 format book is PUR bound - dimensions roughly 6 x 8 inches or 148 x 210 mm. This book is printed on demand, expect 5 to 10 business days for delivery.

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