Background – Defense Spending – A fascinating review of the sordid truth about defense spending in America, that is brought to light by an interview with retired Pentagon crusader, Chuck Spinney. Spinney states that the increase in defense spending since 9/11 is doing nothing to address the threats the US faces from its new terrorist enemies.

• NOW With Bill Moyers: Transcript of Interview with Chuck Spinney

Background – History – The role the US Marines played on the Western Front in World War I.

• Leatherneck: France 1918, The Big War