This is an excellent three-part BBC documentary which traces the origins of radical Islamism and American Neo-Conservatism to a mutual hatred of post-WWII US liberalism. To the Neo-Conservatives, liberalism was to blame for an epidemic of selfish individualism that threatened to ...( read more)
Adam Curtis,
Aiman Al-Zawaheri,
Bill Clinton,
George W. Bush,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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DVD Release Date: August 5, 2008
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June 5, 2009
a very interesting series covering alot of the history behind the war on terror
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January 22, 2008
Extraordinary and crucial to watch in order to understand today's world and the cooperative effort of terrorism between Al-Qaida and the US Conservative party and how all of it began
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January 17, 2008
Curtis explains who's lying to you and why in the most important film of our era. If you don't watch this you will die!
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July 6, 2007
One of the BEST documentaries I have ever seen. Reveals much about terrorism and shatters many ideas and myths on the subject. Chock full of information.
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