Anti-Social Studies

Anti-Social Studies


Smedley Butler or, "The Making and Breaking of America's Empire" (with author Jonathan M. Katz)

September 27, 2023

This week I'm joined by Jonathan Katz, author of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire. On today's episode we talk about ALL of it: American imperialism, the Bonus Army March of WWI vets, an attempted fascist coup against FDR, and the Imperialist-With-A-Heart-Of-Gold (?) at the center of it all: Smedley Butler.