- 8.7/10(3 votes)
#1 - Baby It's Cold Outside
Loading...S1:E1In 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - NaN/10(0 votes)
#2 - The Phantom Victory
Loading...S1:E2Islamist 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - NaN/10(0 votes)
#3 - The Shadows in the Cave
Loading...S1:E3Curtis 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A


Documentary
The Best Episodes of The Power of Nightmares
Every episode of The Power of Nightmares ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Power of Nightmares!

Documentary
The Best Episodes of The Power of Nightmares
Every episode of The Power of Nightmares ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Power of Nightmares!
Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.
Filter By Season1
- 8.7/10(3 votes)
#1 - Baby It's Cold Outside
Loading...S1:E10 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - NaN/10(0 votes)
#2 - The Phantom Victory
Loading...S1:E20 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - NaN/10(0 votes)
#3 - The Shadows in the Cave
Loading...S1:E30 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A
Best Episodes Summary
"Baby It's Cold Outside" is the best rated episode of "The Power of Nightmares". It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/20/2004. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "The Phantom Victory".