War Comes to America
1945
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Why We Fight: Directed by Eugene Jarecki. With Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft, Osama bin Laden, George Bush. Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy?
Why We Fight is a series of seven propaganda films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II. It was originally written for American soldiers to help them understand why the United States was involved in the war, but US President Franklin Roosevelt ordered distribution for public viewing .
'Why We Fight' is a 2005 documentary film by Eugene Jarecki about the military–industrial complex. The title refers to the World War II-era eponymous propaganda films commissioned by the U.S. Government to justify their decision to enter the war against the Axis Powers.
Feb 16, 2006 · Roger Ebert February 16, 2006. Tweet. A scene from the documentary "Why We Fight," which argues that the United States is permanently on the edge of war because it ignored Eisenhower's warnings of a "vast military-industrial complex." Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch.
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, revealing how, as Eisenhower warned...
Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, WHY WE FIGHT is an unflinching look at the anatomy of American war-making. Granted unparalleled Pentagon access, the film launches a nonpartisan inquiry into the forces -- political, economic, and ideological -- that drive America to fight.
Why We Fight Winner of the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Eugene Jarecki's groundbreaking documentary dissects the political, economic and historic reasons behind our increasingly aggressive military strategy since the end of World War II.
