War Is Still A Racket: Smedley Butler's classic texts with new commentary by David Swanson - Couverture souple

Butler, Smedley; Swanson, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798349291654

Editeur : David Swanson, 2026

Synopsis

Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) from the age of 16 to the age of 50 waged war all over the world for the U.S. Marine Corps. Then he denounced what he'd been doing as a "racket" driven by Wall Street profiteers. Butler's change of perspective produced probably the most serious and dramatic confession in world history. His insights have stood the test of time. In fact, much of what he said in 1935 is even more true now. This book republishes Butler's famous 1935 pamphlet, War Is a Racket, and also a harder to find collection of five articles, also from 1935, giving more depth to Butler's revelations and his prescriptions for change. Author and activist David Swanson provides context and builds a case that war remains a racket, defined by Butler as "something that is not what it seems to the majority of people." Swanson adapts and builds on Butler's recommendations for addressing this racket as it exists now.

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Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) from the age of 16 to the age of 50 waged war all over the world for the U.S. MarineCorps. Then he denounced what he'd been doing as a "racket" driven by Wall Street profiteers. Butler's change of perspective produced probably the most serious and dramatic confession in world history. His insights have stood the test of time. In fact, much of what he said in 1935 is even more true now.

David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is the executive director of World BEYOND War, a global nonviolent movement to end war and establish a just and sustainable peace. He is the campaign coordinator of RootsAction. On November 10, 2024, Swanson was awarded the Real Nobel Peace Prize by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation in Oslo, Norway. Swanson was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. He was also awarded a Beacon of Peace Award by the Eisenhower Chapter of Veterans For Peace in 2011, and the Dorothy Eldridge Peacemaker Award by New Jersey Peace Action in 2022, and a Global Peace Leadership & Excellence Award in 2024. Swanson has been on the advisory boards of: Nobel Peace Prize Watch, Veterans For Peace, Assange Defense, BPUR, Military Families Speak Out, Fields of Peace, and Peace in Ukraine Coalition. He is an Associate of the Transnational Foundation, and a Patron of Platform for Peace and Humanity. He is on the Consultative Council of the SHAPE Project. He is on the International Coordinating Committee of No to War - No to NATO. He is on the Steering Group of Warheads to Windmills.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: David Swanson
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798349291654
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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