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.
DirectorEugene Jarecki
ProducersPrudence Arndt, Eugene Jarecki, Alessandra Meyer, Susannah Shipman
WritersEugene Jarecki
Top Casts
Chalmers Johnson
Self - CIA, 1967-1973
Joseph Cirincione
Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Gore Vidal
Self - Author, "Imperial America"
Charles Lewis
Self - Center for Public Integrity
Richard Perle
Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense
William Kristol
Self - Project for the New American Century
John McCain
Self - Senator (R/AZ)
Ken Adelman
Self
John Ashcroft
Self (archive footage)
Osama bin Laden
Self (archive footage)
Details
LanguageGerman, English, Arabic
Production companiesCharlotte Street Films
Homepagehttp://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight
TaglineIt Is Nowhere Written That The American Empire Goes On Forever
