Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smedley Butler was an American hero of the early 20th century, a symbol of the country’s growing power as a Marine for more than ...

Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler in a 1931 photo. Butler earned fame fighting America’s imperialist wars, writes Jonathan Katz, but later came to regret his role. (AP) Review by Eric Rauchway Marine ...

We speak to award-winning journalist Jonathan Katz about his new book “Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire.” The book follows the life ...

As a graduate student during the Cold War, I interviewed many active-duty senior officers at the Pentagon who relayed the ...

In 1933, a group of America’s richest businessmen allegedly conspired to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install a military dictator. Their chosen leader was Smedley Butler — a two-time ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The newest Marine recruit in San Diego is 6 months old and has four legs. The corps says Pfc. Smedley Butler — an English bulldog — graduated Friday with Kilo Company in a ceremony at ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Smedley Butler will officially become a Marine Thursday morning in a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, although he's just six-months-old. Smedley is an English bulldog who recently became ...

“Smedley” has never been a popular name. Animation buffs might associate it with a 50’s and 60’s cartoon character. Back then Smedley the dog (voiced by Daws Butler) was best pals with penguin Chilly ...

There once lived an odd little man — five feet nine inches tall and barely 140 pounds sopping wet — who rocked the lecture circuit and the nation itself. For all but a few activist insiders and ...

Talk about kicking grass and taking names. Meet Smedley Butler, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego’s newest mascot, a 10 week-old English bulldog. He’s melting hearts and starting arguments already.

Reporting from San Diego — Smedley Butler is returning to the Marine boot camp here. Not the Smedley Butler who was the camp’s commander in the 1920s and, as a two-time Medal of Honor recipient, ...