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Gangsters of capitalism : Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the making and breaking of America's empire

Gangsters of capitalism : Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the making and breaking of America's empire

Book 2022

"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...