A review by ryanjjung
War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Adam Parfrey, Smedley D. Butler

3.0

A short read. Although I don't disagree, I think Butler is a little shortsighted about a few things. In particular, he thinks we should not go to war unless soldiers themselves vote for it. But he also mentions the indoctrination of soldiers in boot camp. So which is it? Are they unlikely to vote for war? I think not, not with all the hoo-ah forced into their heads. Education has to happen first. Get people smarter and they won't join the military in the first place. Can't go to war without a military. For now, at least. We're now at a place where we have to worry about war machines and automatons and drones. Maybe the military industrial complex doesn't require human blood anymore, and I don't think that's a good thing either.