In this Book
- Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
summary
Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military expeditions from 1898 to the late 1920s. He became the leading national advocate for paramilitary police reform. Upon his retirement, however, he renounced war and imperialism and devoted his energy and prestige to various dissident and leftist political causes.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 1 Introduction
- pp. 12-16
- 3 The Teenage Hero: China
- pp. 25-37
- 5 The American Kitchener: Nicaragua
- pp. 49-68
- 6 The Spy: Panama, Mexico
- pp. 69-84
- 7 The Haitian General
- pp. 85-106
- 8 General Duckboard: France
- pp. 107-120
- 9 The Barnett Putsch: Marine Corps Politics
- pp. 121-139
- 10 Pep and Pride: Quantico
- pp. 140-154
- 11 Smashing Crime and Vice: Philadelphia
- pp. 155-171
- 12 Devil Dog and Demon Rum: San Diego
- pp. 172-183
- 13 The Marines Who Wouldn't Fight: China
- pp. 184-212
- 14 To Hell with the Admirals: Washington
- pp. 213-225
- 15 Renegade Marine: America in the 1930s
- pp. 226-257
- 16 Epilogue
- pp. 258-262
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 292-295
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813146256
Related ISBN(s)
9780813109572, 9780813116198, 9780813126333, 9780813146263
MARC Record
OCLC
570398235
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No