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) |
| Production | Julie Fischer | Line Producer |
| Production | Alessandra Meyer | Producer |
| Production | Susannah Shipman | Producer |
| Production | Roy Ackerman | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Eugene Jarecki | Director |
| Production | Eugene Jarecki | Producer |
| Production | Hans Robert Eisenhauer | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Nancy Kennedy | Editor |
| Production | Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Eugene Jarecki | Writer |
| Production | Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Prudence Arndt | Producer |
| Camera | Étienne Sauret | Director of Photography |
| Camera | May Ying Welsh | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Brett Wiley | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Robert Miller | Original Music Composer |