Gangsters of Capitalism: Meet the Author with Jonathan M. Katz (Full Version)

Award-winning author Jonathan M. Katz talks Major General Smedley Butler with Marines' Memorial Foundation Chairman Barrie Graham as a part of Marines' Memorial's "Meet the Author" series. How does a two-time Medal of Honor recipient who served in combat across the globe become an anti-war and anti-imperialist activist? In Jonathan Katz's new book, Gangsters of Capitalism, he takes a deep look at Smedley Butler's life, going from Quaker to Marine General to activist. Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire is available for purchase wherever books are sold. *The viewpoints expressed in this video are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Marines' Memorial Association & Foundation* About Marines' Memorial: Marines' Memorial Association & Foundation is a non-profit Veterans organization based out of San Francisco. Our mission is to commemorate, educate, and serve through our Living Memorial and programs that honor the legacy of military service. Find out more at https://MarinesMemorial.org. About the author: Jonathan Myerson Katz , author of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire, received the James Foley/Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for reporting from Haiti. His first book, The Big Truck That Went By, was shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction and won the Overseas Press Club’s Cornelius Ryan Award, the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and the WOLA/Duke Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. His work appears in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. Katz has received fellowships from New America and the Logan Nonfiction Program. He lives with his wife and daughter in Charlottesville, VA.