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) |
| Production | Hans Robert Eisenhauer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roy Ackerman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Julie Fischer | Line Producer |
| Production | Alessandra Meyer | Producer |
| Writing | Eugene Jarecki | Writer |
| Production | Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Nancy Kennedy | Editor |
| Production | Prudence Arndt | Producer |
| Production | Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Eugene Jarecki | Director |
| Production | Susannah Shipman | Producer |
| Production | Eugene Jarecki | 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 |