General Smedley Butler was a decorated
veteran. He understood the concept of war and did a remarkable job capturing
it’s horrors and atrocities. This is a very short and concise book about how horrible war is, who profits
and gains from it, and what should be done to prevent unnecessary wars in the
future. I realIy appreciate how honest and genuine General Butler is in
explaining how much suffering war causes not just to the soldiers who have to
do the bidding of the war profiteers, but also how it impacts the nation as a
whole.
He
also offers three unique solutions:
1) We must take the profit out of war.
2) We must permit the youth of the land who
would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war (an excellent idea
that I didn’t think of before).
3) We must limit our military forces to
home defense purposes.
I highly recommend this book. You can literally read it in 30-40
minutes. I thank General Butler for his service, honesty, and courage. May his
words and warnings live forever.
