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Highly recommend this book.

My dad was a marine, and took pride in that fact. I didn't know Much about Butler until I came across his "War is a Racket" speech. This book is a great biography.

It's not really about Butler, though. It's about the imperialism he fought for and then fought against. It's about how the US created a kitty of problems in the name of profit, and how we keep doing that.

Very cute, and relatable if you've ever tried to fix your daughter's hair

Some good idea, as long as you have the privilege to implement them. It aunt's you have other people to do the "non-essential" things you deem to be beneath you.

When I was a teenager I worked on my dad's construction crew during the summer. When I complained about the boring stuff I was doing, he said "You want to do exciting stuff, but i need you to do what's needed."

I think there's a reason most of his examples are executives. Quite honestly, most executives could just not show up and still be considered successful. Front line workers still have to actually do the work.

Unlike anything I've read. Loved it

4.5 stars, rounded up.

I enjoyed this one once it got going. A good chunk at the beginning is giving the backstory to a lot of characters from the first book. A LOT of backstory. It was a bit much for my taste.

And some things were a bit too neat, but that's not an overall issue with this book. It's still an interesting mix of genres.

I'm looking forward to the conclusion