• 2024
  • 7h 36m
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Summary Documentary examining the US's responsibilities as the world's only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union. View more details

  • 2024
  • 7h 36m

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Meryl Streep Samantha Power Sandy Berger Tony Lake

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8.6

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Aug 5, 2024

Countries of origin : United Kingdom Israel

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Production companies : BBC Studios Dror Moreh Productions

Summary Documentary examining the US's responsibilities as the world's only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union. View more details

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Aug 5, 2024

Countries of origin : United Kingdom Israel

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Production companies : BBC Studios Dror Moreh Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Aug 05, 2024
Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide
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.
Episode 2 • Aug 12, 2024
Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers
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.
Episode 3 • Aug 19, 2024
Rwanda: That Was a Local Thing
Why did the world stand by in 1994 as nearly one million people were murdered in Rwanda?
Episode 4 • Aug 26, 2024
Kosovo: In the Name of Our Future
Old conflicts in the Kosovo region are rekindled, and NATO intervenes, but at what cost?
Episode 5 • Sep 01, 2024
Darfur: Carrots for a War Criminal
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?
Episode 6 • Sep 09, 2024
Libya: If You Break It You Own It
When Gaddafi declared his intention to 'disinfect' Benghazi, Obama faced a dilemma, having previously told the younger Arab generation 'you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world'.
Episode 7 • Sep 16, 2024
Syria: The Risk of Doing Nothing
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.
Episode 8 • Sep 23, 2024
Syria: A Loop of Imperfection
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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