Useful Enemies: When Waging Wars is More Important than Winning Them, by David Keen. Yale University Press, 2012, 304 pp. $38. "War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest ...

Even if one discounts Smedley Butler's argument that“War is a racket”, the time has come to reevaluate America's support for expanding NATO. Stephen Bryen is senior correspondent at Asia Times.

To the editor: Think of war itself as a crime, or even the crime of all crimes. For human suffering, destruction and death, war among nations is tops. It would be hard to do more damage to the human ...

"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It ...

After tensions have risen between the United States and Iran, some Libertarians around Butler wanted to speak out against the ...

In the short book “War Is a Racket,” author Smedley D. Butler called to attention the cynical business of industrialists profiting from mass human conflicts.

In response to Michael Hidek’s letter, “War is a racket,” it’s true that since Vietnam, there’s been little excuse for most of the wars we’ve fought, and I’m deeply sorry for how we ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Daniel Shea is an anti-war veteran. That may sound like an oxymoron, but to understand it, you have to know his son Casey. At three years old, Casey died after heart surgery ...

The Morning Joe co-hosts torched Fox News’ interview with Senator Tommy Tuberville, including a banner that categorized the Ukraine War effort as a “racket.” Tuberville joined Fox News for ...

About 80 years ago, two-time winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Major General Smedley Butler, wrote his book, “War is a Racket.” Butler wrote from personal experience how he led six ...