Why We Fight

It Is Nowhere Written That The American Empire Goes On Forever

  • Rated 7.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2005
  • 1h 38m
  • Documentary
  • History

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.

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Director
Eugene Jarecki
Starring
Chalmers Johnson, Joseph Cirincione, Gore Vidal, Charles Lewis

Cast

  • Chalmers Johnson

    Self - CIA, 1967-1973

  • Joseph Cirincione

    Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace

  • Gore Vidal

    Gore Vidal

    Self - Author, "Imperial America"

  • Charles Lewis

    Self - Center for Public Integrity

  • Richard Perle

    Richard Perle

    Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense

  • William Kristol

    William Kristol

    Self - Project for the New American Century

  • John McCain

    John McCain

    Self - Senator (R/AZ)

  • Ken Adelman

    Self

  • John Ashcroft

    John Ashcroft

    Self (archive footage)

  • Osama bin Laden

    Osama bin Laden

    Self (archive footage)

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