2005 · documentary
Why We Fight (2005)
Directed by Eugene Jarecki1h 38m2005
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.
Our read: Why We Fight (2005) (2005) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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