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War Is a Racket

Smedley Butler

Dive into Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butlers powerful critique of American Corporate Imperialism. With a candid reflection on his military career, Butler reveals, “I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of the racket all the time. Now I am sure of it.” This eye-opening summary by John Greenman invites you to explore the troubling intersection of military service and corporate greed. For more insights, visit https//www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/major-general-smedley-butler This show includes AI-generated content.

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100 episodes

  1. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War-George Francis Robert Henderson (Part 2 of 4) 9:51:40
  2. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War-George Francis Robert Henderson (Part 1 of 4) 9:43:15
  3. Life of Washington, Volume 3-John James Marshall 9:01:13
  4. Our Army at the Front-Heywood Broun 6:38:08
  5. Over the Top-Arthur Guy Empey 7:05:24
  6. Alexander Hamilton-Charles A. Conant 2:46:54
  7. Army Life in a Black Regiment-Thomas Wentworth Higginson 8:40:01
  8. Nothing of Importance-John Bernard Pye Adams 7:58:52
  9. Private Soldier Under Washington-Charles Knowles Bolton 4:45:05
  10. America's Part-Henry J. Reilly 8:28:51
  11. War Is a Racket-Smedley Butler 1:00:21
  12. Capture of Fort William and Mary-Charles Lathrop Parsons 1:09:41
  13. Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre-John Gregory Bourke 2:20:26
  14. Ukrainians and the European War-Various 1:31:12
  15. Cromwell's Place in History-Samuel Rawson Gardiner 3:34:04
  16. Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2-Various 2:59:36
  17. In Ship and Prison A Story of Five Years in the Continental Navy with Captain Samuel Tucker-William P. Chipman 5:29:38
  18. Causes Of The American Civil War-John Lothrop Motley 1:07:29
  19. Over There War Scenes On The Western Front-Arnold Bennett 3:17:32
  20. Reminiscences of My Life in Camp-Susie King Taylor 2:23:18
  21. Principles of Economics, Book 5 General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value-Alfred Marshall 7:07:10
  22. Study Of Army Camp Life During American Revolution-Mary Hazel Snuff 1:24:29
  23. France At War On the Frontier of Civilization-Rudyard Kipling 1:42:22
  24. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg-Abner Doubleday 6:46:39
  25. War Is a Racket-Smedley Butler 1:00:21
  26. Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa-Robert Louis Stevenson 7:05:18
  27. Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832)-Arthur Hassall 5:23:15
  28. Secrets of Crewe House the story of a famous campaign-Campbell Stuart 7:01:12
  29. Liberation Marines in the Recapture of Guam-Cyril J. O'Brien 2:13:52
  30. Social Life in England 1750-1850-F. J. Foakes-Jackson 6:03:49
  31. Minor War History-Martin Alonzo Haynes 7:15:41
  32. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, December 1827-Commissioner of Indian Affairs 2:50:30
  33. Speeches of Prince Bismarck, Part 1-Otto von Bismarck 1:31:50
  34. Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin-Joseph Plumb Martin 8:02:00
  35. Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI-Various 2:36:31
  36. Other People's Money-Louis D. Brandeis 5:16:18
  37. America's Part-Henry J. Reilly 8:28:51
  38. Infamous Day Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941-Robert J. Cressman, J. Michael Wenger 1:57:22
  39. War Is a Racket-Smedley Butler 1:00:21
  40. Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead-John L. Ransom 8:32:51
  41. Backwash Of War The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse-Ellen Newbold La Motte 2:38:53
  42. Prisoner of Morro-Upton Sinclair 5:30:16
  43. Bullets & Billets-Bruce Bairnsfather 4:26:32
  44. Custer Battlefield A History And Guide To The Battle Of The Little Bighorn-Robert Marshall Utley 2:58:09
  45. Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida-Oliver Optic 6:42:30
  46. Tales Of The Trail; Short Stories Of Western Life-Henry Inman 6:06:14
  47. Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War-Ambrose Bierce 1:40:17
  48. Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648-Samuel Rawson Gardiner 8:10:11
  49. Closing In Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima-Joseph H. Alexander 2:58:02
  50. Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists A Chronicle of the Great Migration-W. Stewart Wallace 3:19:27