Why We Fight (BBC4 Storyville)

Why We Fight is the title of a series of propaganda films that Frank Capra began making in 1942, with the aim of encouraging the American war effort against Nazism. Director Eugene Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) has used the films as a commentary on the contemporary obsession of the American elite with military power. He also harks back to a speech by President Eisenhower, who, just before he left office, referred to the "military-industrial complex". Eisenhower was worried that too much intelligence, and too much business acumen in America, had become focussed on the production of unnecessary weapons systems. Since Eisenhower's time, everything has become much worse, as Eugene Jarecki describes it. The war in Iraq was made possible by a new range of weapons systems: a bomb called the "bunker buster" was dropped by stealth bombers on the first night of the conflict. 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. *This torrent is not the theatrical version of the documentary.

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FaneFlugt (2006-09-26)

One of the best docs of the new century.

Dash101 (2006-10-01)

I have to agree. This is easily one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. And I work in the film business so I really give a lot of respect to this man and this film.. Its fantastic...
(And yes, even folks in the biz download films. Hurrah for piracy!)

Hshin (2007-02-04)

Which version is better? I can't say at this point. But the ALLiANCE DVDrip version I downloaded the other night has very bad framerate, so choppy I had to stop the video despite the intriguing content. I'm sure it's an honest mistake. The documentary is made by BBC, which means a British standard 25FPS video. ALLiANCE tried to conform it to NTSC, which of course didn't work. I hope this one is done properly.

whydoyouhuntme (2007-08-28)

Can someone pls reseed...
Thx

barkis81 (2007-09-12)

This is what i call a documentary!

jangra512 (2008-12-19)

Please seed. I am stuck at 67%.