General Smedley Darlington Butler: The Letters of a Leatherneck, 1898-1931

by Smedley D. Butler, Ann Cipriano Venzon, Anne Cipriano Venzon

Major 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275941418
• ISBN13: 9780275941413
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"