Plot
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.
Cast
Chalmers Johnson
Self - CIA, 1967-1973
Joseph Cirincione
Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Gore Vidal
Self - Author, "Imperial America"
Charles Lewis
Self - Center for Public Integrity
Richard Perle
Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense
William Kristol
Self - Project for the New American Century
John McCain
Self - Senator (R/AZ)
Ken Adelman
Self
John Ashcroft
Self (archive footage)
Osama bin Laden
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Alessandra Meyer
Producer
Susannah Shipman
Producer
Eugene Jarecki
Director
Eugene Jarecki
Producer
Eugene Jarecki
Writer
Prudence Arndt
Producer
Étienne Sauret
Director of Photography
May Ying Welsh
Director of Photography
Brett Wiley
Director of Photography
Robert Miller
Original Music Composer
Related films
7.6Hearts and Minds
1974
7.7The Fog of War
2003
6.5Father Soldier Son
2020
7.2Cover-Up
2025
7.3Restrepo
2010
6.6The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
7.5I Am Vanessa Guillen
2022
5.9Voyeur
2017
6.6The Age of Stupid
2009
6.4A Toxic Love Story
2026
8.120 Days in Mariupol
2023
8.1NAZA
2026
6.2Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
7.7Citizenfour
2014
7.4We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
2001