Like the title suggests, this eye-opening documentary from Jeremy Earp (HIJACKING CATASTROPHE: 9/11, FEAR & THE SELLING OF AMERICAN EMPIRE) and Loretta Alper is a how-to manual, not for waging war, but how to make military intervention not only palatable to the public, but accepted as imperative. Based on the book by syndicated columnist and savvy media watchdog Norman Solomon, who appears throughout as the main talking head, Earp and Alper's documentary shows just how the U.S. government coerces a nation into accepting the very idea of war, and it's a job it couldn't do without the full cooperation of the media. Solomon came of age during the Vietnam conflict and as...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
73 mins