War Is A Racket
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War Is A Racket
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Author : Smedley D. Butler
language : en
Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2018-02-18
War Is A Racket written by Smedley D. Butler and has been published by Wyatt North Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-18 with History categories.
War Is a Racket is a famous anti-war book written by retired Major General Smedley Buter. In the book, Butler discusses how businesses profit from conflict.
Maverick Marine
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Author : Hans Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-04-23
Maverick Marine written by Hans Schmidt and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military expeditions from 1898 to the late 1920s. He became the leading national advocate for paramilitary police reform. Upon his retirement, however, he renounced war and imperialism and devoted his energy and prestige to various dissident and leftist political causes.
The Protection Racket State
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Author : William Stanley
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1996-06-08
The Protection Racket State written by William Stanley and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-08 with Political Science categories.
In 1932 security forces in El Salvador murdered 25,000 peasants and workers. Between 1978 and 1991 the Salvadoran government killed an additional 50,000 civilians. Death squads maimed and tortured their victims, who included labor organizers, priests, and teachers. By the later months of 1980, government forces were slaughtering 1,000 civilians a month. Most of those killed were poor or worked with the poor. In per capita terms Salvadoran state terror was among the worst in the hemisphere. States have killed more people than have rebellions, but we know very little about what factors influence this genocide. Why do states kill? In this provocative and chilling book, William Stanley demonstrates that the Salvadoran military state was essentially a protection racket. It offered protection to the elites from civilian uprising and in return received a concession to govern. This protection took the form of wide-scale murder. As Stanley puts it, "State violence was a currency of relations between state and non-state elites." There are valuable lessons in this book for all those concerned with state-sponsored terror. It indicts the United States for having strengthened the might of the Salvadoran military. It challenges conventional wisdom about governments and repression and shows state-sponsored violence as much more than just a response to opposition.
Smedley D Butler Usmc
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Author : Mark Strecker
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Smedley D Butler Usmc written by Mark Strecker and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with History categories.
The practice of big business promoting war to profit materially was firmly in place by the time Major General Smedley D. Butler wrote about it in his anti-corporate pamphlets. This historical biography explores the life of Butler, a little-known American Marine who exposed an alleged fascist coup to remove President Franklin D. Roosevelt from office. This text is an exploration of the political issues of the first half of the twentieth century and an examination of a complicated, valiant man who shifted from Republican ideals to anti-corporate, left-wing populism.
War Is A Racket
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Author : Smedley Butler
language : en
Publisher: Jovian Press
Release Date : 2018-01-19
War Is A Racket written by Smedley Butler and has been published by Jovian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-19 with Political Science categories.
War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler frankly discusses how business interests commercially benefit (including war profiteering) from warfare. He had been appointed commanding officer of the Gendarmerie during the United States occupation of Haiti, which lasted from 1915 to 1934.
Irregular Army
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Author : Matt Kennard
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2012-09-17
Irregular Army written by Matt Kennard and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-17 with Political Science categories.
Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars—now the longest wars in American history—the US military has struggled to recruit troops. It has responded, as Matt Kennard’s explosive investigative report makes clear, by opening its doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, criminals of all stripes, the overweight, and the mentally ill. Based on several years of reporting, Irregular Army includes extensive interviews with extremist veterans and leaders of far-right hate groups—who spoke openly of their eagerness to have their followers acquire military training for a coming domestic race war. As a report commissioned by the Department of Defense itself put it, “Effectively, the military has a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy pertaining to extremism.” Irregular Army connects some of the War on Terror’s worst crimes to this opening-up of the US military. With millions of veterans now back in the US and domestic extremism on the rise, Kennard’s book is a stark warning about potential dangers facing Americans—from their own soldiers.
Reds Or Rackets
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Author : Howard Kimeldorf
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1988-11-04
Reds Or Rackets written by Howard Kimeldorf and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-11-04 with Political Science categories.
Why is the American working class different? For generations, scholars and activists alike have wrestled with this question, with an eye to explaining why workers in the United States are not more like their radicalized European counterparts. Approaching the question from a different angle, Reds or Rackets? provides a fascinating examination of the American labor movement from the inside out, as it were, by analyzing the divergent sources of radicalism and conservatism within it. Kimeldorf focuses on the political contrast between East and West Coast longshoremen from World War I through the early years of the Cold War, when the difference between the two unions was greatest. He explores the politics of the West Coast union that developed into a hot bed of working class insurgency and contrasts it with the conservative and racket-ridden East Coast longshoreman's union. Two unions, based in the same industry—as different as night and day. The question posed by Kimeldorf is, why? Why "reds" on one coast and racketeers on the other? To answer this question Kimeldorf provides a systematic comparison of the two unions, illuminating the political consequences of occupational recruitment, industry structure, mobilization strategies, and industrial conflict during this period. In doing so, Reds orRackets? sheds new light on the structural and historical bases of radical and conservative unionism. More than a comparative study of two unions, Reds or Rackets? is an exploration of the dynamics of trade unionism, sources of membership loyalty, and neglected aspects of working class consciousness. It is an incisive and valuable study that will appeal to historians, social scientists, and anyone interested in understanding the political trajectory of twentieth-century American labor.
War Is A Lie
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Author : David Swanson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-10
War Is A Lie written by David Swanson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with History categories.
Not a single thing we commonly believe about wars that helps keep them around is true. Wars cannot be good or glorious. Nor can they be justified as a means of achieving peace or anything else of value. The reasons given for wars, before, during, and after, are all false. Because there can be no good reason for war, having gone to war, we are participating in a lie. -- Introduction.
Racket And Other Stories
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Author : Vicky Chong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-29
Racket And Other Stories written by Vicky Chong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-29 with categories.
Making Sense Of War
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Author : Alan Stephens
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-10-17
Making Sense Of War written by Alan Stephens and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-17 with History categories.
This provides a comprehensive and clear analysis of the complex business of waging war, and give readers a thorough understanding of the key concepts in strategic thought, concepts that have endured for about 2500 years. Authors from the Australian Defence Force Academy.