8.7/1016 votes#1 - Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/2024
Exploring the US's complicated relationship with Iraq, first supporting the country during the Iran-Iraq war but then turning against it after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.
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8.8/1014 votes#2 - Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/3/2024
As the Balkans deteriorate into a series of bloody wars, President Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright must decide whether to use force to save innocent civilians from genocide.
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8.8/1013 votes#3 - Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2024
Why did the world stand by in 1994 as nearly one million people were murdered over one hundred days of terror in Rwanda? American diplomats describe events on the ground.
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8.4/1010 votes#4 - Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2024
Muslim separatists in the Kosovo region rekindle old conflicts, leading Clinton’s White House to consider Serbian President Milošević’s regime a threat to their own civilians.
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8.4/109 votes#5 - Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2024
In 2003, hundreds of thousands of Americans protested about ethnic cleansing in Sudan. Following Obama’s 2008 election success, could some of those people, now in office, make a difference?
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8.5/1011 votes#6 - Libya – If You Break It You Own It
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/7/2024
When Gaddafi declared his intention to 'disinfect' Benghazi, Obama faced a dilemma, have previously told the younger Arab generation 'you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world.
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8.6/1010 votes#7 - Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/2024
Obama did not want to be dragged into another war in the Middle East, but when the Syrian regime began to consider the use of chemical weapons, he warned them they would be crossing a red line.
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9.0/107 votes#8 - Syria – A Loop of Imperfection
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/21/2024
America’s unwillingness to act after a chemical attack, causes Syrian rebels to despair. Obama concludes that there is no scenario where intervention in Syria would give a desired outcome.
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The Best Episodes of Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? Season 1
Every episode of Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? Season 1!
No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering - who...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Four
Episodes
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide" is the best rated episode of "Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/26/2024. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers".
