Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler in a 1931 photo. Butler earned fame fighting America’s imperialist wars, writes Jonathan Katz, but later came to regret his role. (AP) Review by Eric Rauchway Marine ...
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We speak to award-winning journalist Jonathan Katz about his new book “Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire.” The book follows the life ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smedley Butler was an American hero of the early 20th century, a symbol of the country’s growing power as a Marine for more than ...
There once lived an odd little man — five feet nine inches tall and barely 140 pounds sopping wet — who rocked the lecture circuit and the nation itself. For all but a few activist insiders and ...
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Reporting from San Diego — Smedley Butler is returning to the Marine boot camp here. Not the Smedley Butler who was the camp’s commander in the 1920s and, as a two-time Medal of Honor recipient, ...
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