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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
  WHY WE FIGHT - A Film by Eugene Jarecki






WHY WE FIGHT, the new film by Eugene Jarecki which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is an unflinching look at the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal histories with commentary by a "who's who" of military and beltway insiders. Featuring John McCain, William Kristol, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and others, WHY WE FIGHT launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire.

Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's legendary farewell speech (in which he coined the phrase "military industrial complex"), filmmaker Jarecki (THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER) surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century's military adventures, asking how - and telling why - a nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war.
  • Why We Fight - Film site - synopsis




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  • Article about WHY WE FIGHT in VANITY FAIR magazine - 6.9 MB PDF
  • Why We Fight - Film site
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  • Sundance Channel - Interview with Eugene Jarecki
  • Silverdocs - Documentary coverage
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