WAR IS A RACKET by Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler - FULL AudioBook 🎧📖 | Greatest🌟AudioBooks

WAR IS A RACKET by Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler - FULL AudioBook 🎧📖 | Greatest🌟AudioBooks Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps major general, the highest rank authorized at that time, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I. Butler later became an outspoken critic of U.S. wars and their consequences. He also exposed an alleged plan to overthrow the U.S. government. By the end of his career, Butler had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He is one of 19 men to receive the Medal of Honor twice, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (along with Wendell Neville and David Porter) and the Medal of Honor, and the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions. In 1933, he became involved in a controversy known as the Business Plot, when he told a congressional committee that a group of wealthy industrialists were planning a military coup to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt, with Butler selected to lead a march of veterans to become dictator, similar to Fascist regimes at that time. The individuals involved all denied the existence of a plot and the media ridiculed the allegations, but a final report by a special House of Representatives Committee confirmed some of Butler’s testimony. In 1935, Butler wrote a book titled War Is a Racket, where he described and criticized the workings of the United States in its foreign actions and wars, such as those he was a part of, including the American corporations and other imperialist motivations behind them. After retiring from service, he became a popular activist, speaking at meetings organized by veterans, pacifists, and church groups in the 1930s. 🌟 ► Start your Audiobooks .com 30 day trial & get your 1st audiobook FREE! 🎧 🛒 S H O P great books & gifts: 🌟► 30 day Audible Trial: 💙 T W I T T E R : 📰 S U B S C R I B E : 👕 B U Y T-SHIRTS & MORE: 🌟 Audiobooks .com 🎧 30 day trial: 🎁Give the gift of audiobooks!💐 Click here: - LISTEN to the entire audiobook for free! Chapter listing and length: 01 Chapter 1: War Is A Racket 00:12:39 02 Chapter 2: Who Makes The Profits? 00:18:12 03 Chapter 3: Who Pays The Bills? 00:13:03 04 Chapter 4: How To Smash This Racket! 00:09:41 05 Chapter 5: To Hell With War! 00:06:45 🌟🎧📚 #audiobook #audiobooks #freeaudiobooks #greatestaudiobooks #smedleydbutler #smedleybutler #warisaracket #costofwar This video: Copyright 2019. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate and an affiliate with other select companies we earn from qualifying purchases. Your purchases through affiliate links help to generate revenue for this channel. Thank you for your support.