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

byJonathan M. Katz

Jonathan M. Katz uses Gangsters of Capitalism to investigate smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire through a carefully framed biographical portrait. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. Gangsters of Capitalism leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved.

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

432

ISBN

9781250135582