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Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History

By Hans Schmidt

Book information

Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Year
1998
ISBN
0813109574, 9780813109572
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23243659 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
304\320
Time added
2016-06-02 21:35:58
Historical;Africa;Asia;Canadian;Europe;Holocaust;L

Description

Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military expeditions from 1898 to the late 1920s. He became the leading national advocate for paramilitary police reform. Upon his retirement, however, he renounced war and imperialism and devoted his energy and prestige to various dissident and leftist political causes.

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