Gangsters of Capitalism

Gangsters of Capitalism Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

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Hardback (18 Jan 2022)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"A groundbreaking journey tracing America's forgotten path to global power-and how its legacies shape our world today-told through the extraordinary life of a complicated Marine. Smedley Butler was the most celebrated warfighter of his time. Bestselling books were written about him. Hollywood adored him. Wherever the flag went, "The Fighting Quaker" went-serving in nearly every major overseas conflict from the Spanish War of 1898 until the eve of World War II. From his first days as a 16-year-old recruit at the newly seized Guantánamo Bay, he blazed a path for empire: helping annex the Philippines and the land for the Panama Canal, leading troops in China (twice), and helping invade and occupy Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Mexico, and more. Yet in retirement, Butler turned into a warrior against war, imperialism, and big business, declaring: "I was a racketeer for capitalism." Award-winning author Jonathan Myerson Katz traveled across

Book information

ISBN: 9781250135582
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 973.916
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 626g
Height: 199mm
Width: 242mm
Spine width: 38mm