Gangsters of capitalism : Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the making and breaking of America's empire
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
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Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781250135582, 1250135583
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
Street Date
2201
Language
English
ISBN
9781250135582, 1250135583
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"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 recruitat the newly seized Guantaanamo 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 the world-from China to Guantaanamo, the mountains of Haiti to the Panama Canal-and pored over the personal letters of Butler, his fellow Marines, and his Quaker family on Philadelphia's Main Line. Along the way, Katz shows how the consequences of the Marines' actions are still very much alive: talking politics with a Sandinista commander in Nicaragua, getting a martial arts lesson from a devotee of the Boxer Rebellion in China, and getting cast as a P.O.W. extra in a Filipino movie about their American War. Tracing a path from the first wave of U.S. overseas expansionismto the rise of fascism in the 1930s to the crises of democracy in our own time, Gangsters of Capitalism tells an urgent story about a formative era most Americans have never learned about, but that the rest of the world cannot forget"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Butler, Smedley D. -- (Smedley Darlington), -- 1881-1940.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Imperialism.
Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Imperialism.
Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Katz, J. M. (2022). Gangsters of capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the making and breaking of America's empire (First edition.). St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Katz, Jonathan M.. 2022. Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Katz, Jonathan M.. Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire St. Martin's Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Katz, Jonathan M.. Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire First edition., St. Martin's Press, 2022.
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