War Is A Racket- Maj Gen Smedley Butler

I came across an interesting link this morning. Major General Smedley Buttler wrote a booklet in the 1930's called "War Is A Racket". It's very short (the pdf is 13 pages). It speaks of the obscene profits made by manufacturers and bankers in times of war. He also gives recomendations in how to reduce wars (no, they won't go away, but taking the profits out and limiting voting to those who have to suffer through war can cut out things like the Spanish-American War being fought to increase newspaper subscriptions- look it up).

General Butler was a highly decorated Marine. He served in the Philippines, China, several "Banana Republics", and in World War I.

War Is A Racket.