War is a Racket

By Smedley D. Butler

War is a Racket - Smedley D. Butler

Release Date: 2018-08-15
Genre: Military History

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 78 Ratings

Description

Major General Butler frankly discusses from his experience as a career military officer how business interests commercially benefit from warfare.

Reviews

Great Message But Lacks Citations

2
By Jade Allen Cook

Love the message of this book and don’t doubt that there are those who profit from war but this book lacks citations to backup any of the claims.
Some Things Never Change

5
By kenny 1988

This book was written over 80 years ago, but it’s lessons still ring true today. Quick , short read only hitting high points but he’s right that the biggest benefactors of war pay no price for the cost of the hellish mess, while those that don’t profit(soldiers) pay the highest price—-doesn’t sound like capitalism to me and I’m all about the free market.