Plot

American Zeitgeist is a feature length documentary by filmmaker Rob McGann that offers a historical look at the War on Terrorism from 1979 through 2006. The narrative of American Zeitgeist is woven out of more than 40 in-depth interviews with leading experts on terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, Islam and Middle Eastern studies.—Rob McGann

In one of the most divided periods in U.S. history, questions of American empire and unilateralism are being levied abroad by friend and foe alike through the splintered lens of the War on Terrorism. What began as a widely supported effort to protect American lives has led us to an uncertain crossroads, more alone now than we have ever been.

This film is not to be confused with ZEITGEIST, The movie. To recognize the difference, ZEITGEIST, is a documentary broken into 3 Parts. Part 1 deals with religion; it's close ties on astrology and comparisons to many cultures' over the past 5000 years.