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Why We Fight

Name: Why We Fight
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2005-01-20
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Chalmers Johnson, Joseph Cirincione, Gore Vidal, Charles Lewis, Richard Perle

It Is Nowhere Written That The American Empire Goes On Forever

7.5/ 10

2005

1h 38m

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

Writer

Eugene Jarecki

Studios

Charlotte Street Films, ARTE, BBC Storyville, CBC

Cast

16 credited

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Chalmers Johnson
Self - CIA, 1967-1973
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Joseph Cirincione
Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Gore Vidal
Self - Author, "Imperial America"
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Charles Lewis
Self - Center for Public Integrity

Why We Fight

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