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    <body><![CDATA[Assuming you're not willfully ignorant concerning modern politics, there's nothing here you haven't heard before. But <em>War is a Racket</em>'s interest derives from its pedigree. Written in 1935 by retired U.S. General Smedley Butler -- at the time the most decorated soldier in United States history -- it'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10802377">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At the time of his death in 1940, Maj. General Butler was the most highly decorated Marine in United States history. He served with distinction for 34 years and was beloved by his men. In 1934 he exposed a fascist/corporatist plot to overthrow the FDR government and became an outspoken anti-interven...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65107732">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic.  I read this in college around the beginning of the Iraq War.  Butler's thinking is way ahead of its time. (I believe WWI era.)  I think this might be the where the term military-industrial complex came from. <br/><br/>Anyone interested in how governments convince the public war i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45530138">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good book. Every Marine knows the honorable name of the author. His words show us that one doesn't have to accept without  question the reasons for war simply because one is military.  War is a racket where insane profits are made. Rid those profits and many of our wars cease. If Marines woul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41527616">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think every American citizen particularly those running for office must be obligated to read this brief bbut powerful book.<br/><br/>I quote the author on page 66&quot;...if we reall want to make it impossible to have our young men sent abroad to fight the wars of others, then let us by all mean...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74473533">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic anti-war treatise by the decorated Marine General who derailed a 1930's plan to overthrow the U.S. government. This is not a naive peacenick screed against all violence, rather a dissection of the political and financial mechanisms which provide incentives for financial elites (in all nati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49778618">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although he's writing primarily about WWI, the processes cannot have changed much.  We hear a lot about how oil companies are profiting from the current war in Iraq, but we don't consider all the other industries, and financiers, that profit from it as well.  I would love to see a modern version of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21848424">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Short, fast, powerful read. Some of the thoughts and ideals are dated (which is to be expected)...but the general feeling and outlook is very relevant today. A great starting point for discussion (particularly on the topic of the amount US involvement in military operations outside of our borders). <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57356773">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Plainly written, clearly spelling out what we still know is a problem even today.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Insightful look into the profit motives of WWI by Marine Corps MajGen. Smedley Butler.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, Yes and Yes!!  Tell it like it is you honorable gentleman. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Any Marine will tell you it's hard to find a more decorated hero in America than Gen. Smedley Butler. Earned the Medal of Honor twice over. So when Butler leaves the service after a long and storied career to speak on anti-war (and anti-capitalist) sentiments, I listen. Short read, but worth it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have ever read Catch 22 and wondered if the actions of Milo Minderbinder are true, just take an hour to read this short account of the wastefulness of war.  Currently being in a time of war, it really makes my stomach turn to know we are going further in debt, not only to kill people, but on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38143122">more...</a>]]></body>
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