"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."
Chalmers Johnson
as Self - CIA, 1967-1973
Joseph Cirincione
as Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Gore Vidal
as Self - Author, "Imperial America"
Charles Lewis
as Self - Center for Public Integrity
Richard Perle
as Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense
William Kristol
as Self - Project for the New American Century
John McCain
as Self - Senator (R/AZ)
Ken Adelman
as Self
John Ashcroft
as Self (archive footage)
Osama Bin Laden
George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
Robert Byrd
Frank Capra
Dick Cheney
Eugene Jarecki
Director
Nancy Kennedy
Editor
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer
Prudence Arndt
Producer
Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Julie Fischer
Line Producer
Nick Fraser
Mette Hoffman Meyer
Alessandra Meyer
Susannah Shipman
Writer
May Ying Welsh
Director of Photography
Étienne Sauret
Brett Wiley
Robert Miller
Original Music Composer