{"product_id":"general-smedley-darlington-butler-the-letters-of-a-leatherneck-1898-1931-hardcover","title":"General Smedley Darlington Butler: The Letters of a Leatherneck, 1898-1931 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSmedley D. Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Cipriano Venzon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Cipriano Venzon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor General Smedley Darlington Butler was a maverick Marine, the emblem of the old corps, and one of the most controversial figures in Marine history. He was a high school dropout who became a major general; a Quaker and a devout family man who was one of the toughest of the Marines; an aristocrat who championed the common man; a leader who thought of himself as striving to help the oppressed of the countries he occupied as the commander of an imperial fighting force. This work is an annotated edition of his letters covering the period from Butler's commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps to his retirement as a Major General. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first time the majority of these letters have been made public, and the book offers the reader a first-hand look at the motivations and attitudes of the American military as it implemented U.S. foreign policy at the turn of the century. There is extensive coverage of U.S. interventions in Nicaragua, Haiti, and China from a man on the scene, offering an immediate perspective to those events. General Butler won two Congressional Medals of Honor, as well as numerous other U.S. and foreign medals, including two Umbrellas of Ten Thousand Blessings from two Chinese cities--honors never before given to a non-Chinese. Military and diplomatic historians, as well as Marine and Navy enthusiasts, will find this superbly edited and annotated collection of interest and value.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Cipriano Venzon\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance author and editor. She is a consulting editor for the \u003ci\u003ePapers of Woodrow Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a PhD in history from Princeton University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Annotated Bibliography of the Spanish American War\u003c\/i\u003e (1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.46 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467877794045,"sku":"9780275941413","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/VVVNTmZpZS9XOTBEUU84bGJjRzhBdz09.webp?v=1777281277","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/general-smedley-darlington-butler-the-letters-of-a-leatherneck-1898-1931-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}