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Articles by Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler

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“War Is a Racket”
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Mar 2026

War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired US Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his extensive military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit, profiteering from warfare.

“War Is a Racket”
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Feb 2020

Smedley D. Butler is a retired US Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his extensive military experience, he discusses how business interests profiteer from warfare. He made a U.S. tour in 1930s giving this speech.