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Why We Fight

Name: Why We Fight
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2005-01-20
Cast: Chalmers Johnson, Joseph Cirincione, Gore Vidal, Charles Lewis, Richard Perle

DocumentaryHistory

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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Chalmers JohnsonJoseph CirincioneGore VidalCharles LewisRichard PerleWilliam KristolJohn McCainKen AdelmanJohn AshcroftOsama bin LadenGeorge W. BushGeorge H. W. Bush

Director

Eugene Jarecki

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