Why We Fight
It Is Nowhere Written That The American Empire Goes On Forever
7.5(124) 2005-01-20 98 minDocumentaryHistory
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.
ProducerAlessandra Meyer
ProducerSusannah Shipman
DirectorEugene Jarecki
ProducerEugene Jarecki
WriterEugene Jarecki
ProducerPrudence Arndt
Original Music ComposerRobert Miller
Cast & characters
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Chalmers Johnson
as Self - CIA, 1967-1973
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Joseph Cirincione
as Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Gore Vidal
as Self - Author, "Imperial America"
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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)
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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)
Robert Byrd
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Cheney
as Self (archive footage)
Dennis Hastert
as Self (archive footage)
