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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire
by : Jonathan M. Katz
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Book Synopsis : 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."The book is far more extraordinary than even the life of Smedley Butler... a compelling and insightful meditation on the trauma people still feel as a result of Butler?s career and the American ambitions it represented."?The Washington PostSmedley 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 recruit at the newly seized Guant?namo 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