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Oct 2004 - Nov 2004
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Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.
Browse episode ratings trends for The Power of Nightmares. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of The Power of Nightmares's 3 episodes.
Best Episodes of The Power of Nightmares
The Shadows in the Cave
S1 Ep3
8.7
3rd Nov 2004
Curtis argues that, after their failed revolutions, bin Laden and Zawahiri had little or no popular support, let alone a serious complex organisation of terrorists, and were dependent upon independent operatives to carry out their new call for jihad. The film instead shows the United States government wanting to prosecute bin Laden in absentia for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, and needing to prove him to be the head of a criminal organisation to do so. They find a former associate of bin Laden, Jamal al-Fadl, and pay him to testify that bin Laden was the head of a massive terrorist organisation called "al-Qaeda". With the September 11th attacks, Neo-Conservatives in the new Republican government of George W. Bush use this created concept of an organisation to justify another crusade against a new evil enemy, leading to the launch of the War on Terrorism.
Worst Episodes of The Power of Nightmares
Baby It's Cold Outside
S1 Ep1
7.9
20th Oct 2004
In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares. The first part of the series explains the origins of Islamism and Neo-Conservatism.
The Power of Nightmares Episode Guide
Baby It's Cold Outside
S1 Ep1
7.9
20th Oct 2004
In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares. The first part of the series explains the origins of Islamism and Neo-Conservatism.
The Phantom Victory
S1 Ep2
8.3
27th Oct 2004
Islamist factions, rapidly falling under the more radical influence of Zawahiri and his rich Saudi acolyte Osama bin Laden, join the Neo-Conservative-influenced Reagan Administration to combat the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. They are successful in repulsing the Soviet armies and, when the Eastern Bloc begins to collapse in the late 1980s, both groups believe they were the primary architect of the "Evil Empire's" defeat and thus have the power to carry out their revolutions in their homelands. Curtis instead argues that the Soviets were on their last legs and were doomed to collapse without intervention.
The Shadows in the Cave
S1 Ep3
8.7
3rd Nov 2004
Curtis argues that, after their failed revolutions, bin Laden and Zawahiri had little or no popular support, let alone a serious complex organisation of terrorists, and were dependent upon independent operatives to carry out their new call for jihad. The film instead shows the United States government wanting to prosecute bin Laden in absentia for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, and needing to prove him to be the head of a criminal organisation to do so. They find a former associate of bin Laden, Jamal al-Fadl, and pay him to testify that bin Laden was the head of a massive terrorist organisation called "al-Qaeda". With the September 11th attacks, Neo-Conservatives in the new Republican government of George W. Bush use this created concept of an organisation to justify another crusade against a new evil enemy, leading to the launch of the War on Terrorism.
The best rated episodes of The Power of Nightmares are:
- The Shadows in the Cave S1E3 rated 8.7
The lowest rated episodes of The Power of Nightmares are:
- Baby It's Cold Outside S1E1 rated 7.9
The first episode of The Power of Nightmares aired on October 20, 2004.
The last episode of The Power of Nightmares aired on November 03, 2004.
There are 3 episodes of The Power of Nightmares.
There is one season of The Power of Nightmares.
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The Power of Nightmares has ended.
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