2. "War is a Racket" a speech by Major General Smedley Butler -- Read by JR Shaw

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"War is a Racket" is a transcription of the famous speech given by Major General Smedley Butler on a tour of America in the 1930s, after the conclusion of his military career. Narrated here by host JR Shaw, the speech focuses on war profiteering in WWI and examines the duplicitous, unseen forces that drive modern warfare.