War Is a Racket by General Smedley D. Butler, Read by Jon Gold

This is the Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier Smedley D. Butler written in 1935. He was a United States Marine Corps major general, the highest rank authorized at that time, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I.