The Power of Nightmares

2004 1 Seasons ⭐ 8.1

Documentary

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

Seasons

1. Baby It's Cold Outside

2004-10-20 • ⭐ 8.7

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 te…

2. The Phantom Victory

2004-10-27

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 Administrat…

3. The Shadows in the Cave

2004-11-03

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 depen…