Why We Fight (2005)
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
Director: Eugene Jarecki
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Chalmers Johnson as Self - CIA, 1967-1973 |
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Joseph Cirincione as Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace |
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Gore Vidal as Self - Author, "Imperial America" |
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Charles Lewis as Self - Center for Public Integrity |
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Richard Perle as Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense |
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William Kristol as Self - Project for the New American Century |
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John McCain as Self - Senator (R/AZ) |
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Ken Adelman as Self |
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John Ashcroft as Self (archive footage) |
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Osama bin Laden as Self (archive footage) |
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George W. Bush as Self (archive footage) |
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George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert Byrd as Self (archive footage) |
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Frank Capra as Self (archive footage) |
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Dick Cheney as Self (archive footage) |
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Dennis Hastert as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Eugene Jarecki | Director |
| Editing | Nancy Kennedy | Editor |
| Production | Roy Ackerman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Prudence Arndt | Producer |
| Production | Hans Robert Eisenhauer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Julie Fischer | Line Producer |
| Production | Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Eugene Jarecki | Producer |
| Production | Alessandra Meyer | Producer |
| Production | Susannah Shipman | Producer |
| Writing | Eugene Jarecki | Writer |
| Camera | May Ying Welsh | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Étienne Sauret | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Brett Wiley | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Robert Miller | Original Music Composer |