Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

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 …

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