“War Is A Racket” by General Smedley D. Butler #History #BookTok #book #historybooks #HistoryTime #historymatters #militaryhistory | IdaHistory

Here’s a look at legendary Marine Smedley Butler in action as the Philadelphia police chief in 1924-1925 when he took a two-year leave of absence from the Marine Corps to clear bootleggers out of the City of Brotherly Love. Read more about Butler’s return to the Corps in the August issue of Leatherneck magazine. | Marine Corps Association