Why we fight

The Resource Why we fight
Label
Why we fight
Statement of responsibility
Sony Pictures Classics presents a Charlotte Street Film ; produced for BBC Storyville in association with Arte and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Contributor
Subject
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more imperial and uncertain future
  • Why We Fight is an unflinching look at the anatomy of American war-making. Granted unparelleled Pentagon access, the film launches a nonpartisan inquiry into the forces, political, economic, and ideological that drive America to fight. Inspired by President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell Address in which he warned Americans about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex, " filmmaker Jarecki weaves unforgettable stories of everyday Americans touched by war. Featuring John McCain, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and others, Why We Fight explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War -- Container
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Awards note
Sundance Film Festival, 2005: Grand Jury Prize - Documentary (Eugene Jarecki).
Cataloging source
COCUF
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Camera, Etienne Sauret, May Ying Welsh, Brett Wiley ; music, Robert Miller ; editor, Nancy Kennedy ; field correspondents, Mary Jane Robinson, May Ying Welsh; produced by Eugene Jarecki, Susannah Shipman; written and directed by Eugene Jarecki
Dewey number
956.7044/3
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing war images and brief language
Language note
English dialogue with optional French, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
DS79.76
LC item number
.W49 2006
PerformerNote
Interviews with Senator John McCain, Gore Vidal, John S.D. Eisenhower, Dan Rather
Runtime
99
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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