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Plot

"Why We Fight" is an unflinching look at 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"), the film 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. The film moves beyond the headlines of various American military operations to the deeper questions of why—why does America fight? What are the forces—political, economic and ideological—that drive us to fight against an ever-changing enemy?

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  John S.D. Eisenhower

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  Chalmers Johnson

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  William Kristol

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  John McCain

Who is making Why We Fight – Crew List

A look at Why We Fight behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Eugene Jarecki last helmed The House I Live In and Freakonomics.

Director

Eugene Jarecki

Screenwriters

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Producers

Eugene Jarecki
Susannah Shipman

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Dec 2004

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