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"War is a racket. It always has been ... conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many."

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Smedley Butler — War Is a Racket & the 'Business Plot' Testimony

Butler, War Is a Racket (1935); testimony to the McCormack–Dickstein Committee (1934)

Author

Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler

Date

1934–1935

Credibility & evidentiary value

A real, highly decorated Marine general. His 1934 testimony alleging a 'Business Plot' to oust FDR is DOCUMENTED; the committee found his testimony credible enough to report, but no one was prosecuted and the plot's seriousness remains CONTESTED.

Citation · Chicago

Smedley D. Butler, War Is a Racket (New York: Round Table Press, 1935); U.S. House McCormack–Dickstein Committee testimony, 1934.

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Historical AnalysisThe Du Pont Dynasty & the 'Merchants of Death'

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