Movie
Why We Fight
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-01-20
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Charlotte Street Films, ARTE, BBC Storyville, CBC, TV 2
- Country
- Canada, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Chalmers Johnson as Self - CIA, 1967-1973
- Joseph Cirincione as Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
- Gore Vidal as Self - Author, "Imperial America"
- Charles Lewis as Self - Center for Public Integrity
- Richard Perle as Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense
- William Kristol as Self - Project for the New American Century
- John McCain as Self - Senator (R/AZ)
- Ken Adelman as Self
- John Ashcroft as Self (archive footage)
- Osama bin Laden as Self (archive footage)
- George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
- George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Eugene Jarecki - Director
- Eugene Jarecki - Writer
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