War Is a Racket
A short, influential polemic by a retired Marine Corps major general arguing that war is waged primarily for economic profit by a small elite, drawing on his own military career and anti-interventionist convictions.
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Ranked #34 of 1942 · 28 pages · Published 2003
Mentioned 22× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 22 episodes, most recently on May 15, 2026.
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Book data: ISBN 9780922915866. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.